Antonyms for vivacity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vi-vas-i-tee, vahy- |
| Phonetic Transcription : vɪˈvæs ɪ ti, vaɪ- |
Definition of vivacity
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin vivacitatem (nominative vivacitas) "vital force, liveliness," from vivax (genitive vivacis) "lively," also "long-lived," from vivere "to live" (see vital).
- noun liveliness
- Nor, my dear, does your own mother always escape the keen edge of your vivacity.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- What a difference between her vivacity and that of my charming Gabrielle!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Then she shot her vivacity back into place as by some powerful spring.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- But what she was noticing was the flagging effort of his vivacity.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- Only at the last did she descend to vivacity or the use of her eyes.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- While for vivacity and ease there is little or nothing to choose.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Only it is to be observed that—in painters—this vivacity is not always versatile.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Like the people about her she was vivacious, but her vivacity was tragic—she had not come here to be gay.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- "That must be put an end to," said the Queen, with some vivacity.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- "And that's what we DO call it," put in Julia, with vivacity.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
Synonyms for vivacity
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