Translation
lively, brisk; alert, wide awake
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Examples
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The children were lively and cheerful.
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She has a lively spirit.
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He walked with a brisk step.
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The meeting was lively and interesting.
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After sleeping I felt alert.
A false friend worth flagging. looks like "vigilant" and means nothing of the sort: it is about energy and wakefulness, not watchfulness. If you want vigilant, reach for or a. The rest of the family is straightforward - o for liveliness, i to liven something up, i to perk up, and a for the sluggish state that follows a heavy lunch. It works equally well of a person, a step and a discussion, so a is one where people actually spoke.
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Word family
Words built on vigla with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malviglaadjective
sluggish, listless
mal-vigla: the opposite of lively
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 4: vigla, ŝtuparo, dometo and 7 more words.