viˈvaciously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a vivacious or lively manner; with vivacity or sprightly animation; † vigorously.
| a 1711 Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 40 The more of Spirit things contract, The more vivaciously they act. 1816 J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 19 In the French crowd,..vivacity is every where apparent;—the soldiers are vivaciously surly; the ladies vivaciously charming [etc.]. 1847 C. Brontë J. Eyre xviii, While she is so vivaciously accosting him. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 40 ‘By the bye,’ said her mother vivaciously, ‘didn't you bring a maid?’ |
| Comb. 1859 Westm. Rev. Oct. 594 A vivaciously-written narrative of a vacation voyage. |