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Old English līflic ‘living, animate’ (see life, -ly1).

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From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ(“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely(“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.

From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċe, equivalent to life +‎ -ly.

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lively (adj.)

Old English liflic "living, existing," literally "life-like;" from life + -ly (2). The main modern sense of "active, energetic" developed by early 13c., from notion "full of life." For "full of life, vigorous," Old English had liffæst. The adverb is Old English liflice "vitally," from the adjective. Related: Liveliness.