Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with lively in British Collocation
lively
adjective
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/ˈlaɪvli/
very
extremely
very
Their differing viewpoints led to some extremely lively debates.
rather
fairly
pretty
rather
The session turned out to be rather lively, with many conflicting opinions being expressed.
controversy
conversation
correspondence
debate
discussion
exchange
forum
messageboard
session
Mr. McGlinn’s paper generated a lively discussion.
informative
stimulating
thought-provoking
There then followed a lively and stimulating question-and-answer session.