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noun
Animation and energy in action or expression.
synonyms: life, liveliness, spirit.
is a specific kind of: animation, brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification.
is a broader term that covers: pertness | airiness, delicacy | alacrity, briskness, smartness | energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim | elan | esprit | breeziness, jauntiness | buoyancy, irrepressibility | high-spiritedness | ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance | ginger, pep, peppiness ... show more.
is an attribute of: lively.
derivation: inspirit, spirit, spirit up | spiritise, spiritize | lively, vital | bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy | alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy | lively, racy | sprightly.
Dutch: levendigheid, beweeglijkheid
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