vivacious.

Energetically lively, animated, and socially engaging.

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Words that belong together

• a vivacious manner
• vivacious conversation

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Her vivacious manner revived the conversation without dominating it.

Vivacious conversation followed the guests into the hall long after supper ended.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more vivacious; superlative most vivacious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.