Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having the characteristics of life or of being alive; indicative of life or of living; livable.
What said a respectable female inhabitant of the town, when placing her female relatives and guests in good positions for the show? "We shall have a good day, they have a fine livesome creature."
If gainst my will, what sorrow will availe? / O livesome death, O sweete and pleasant ill, / Against my minde how can thy might prevaile?
He tenderly bowed to the twinkling girl. “Yours,” said Zeus, “to have and to hold.” Epimetheus took Pandora's hand, to escort his livesome doll away.
[...]—with emergent meanings as performed both by the woman Stephen meets and by the objects with which she is associated: a “livesome” room, copious easy chair, and a huge doll with its legs splayed promiscuously.
Use livesome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Livesome means Having the characteristics of life or of being alive; indicative of life or of living; livable.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What said a respectable female inhabitant of the town, when placing her female relatives and guests in good positions for the show? "We shall have a good day, they have a fine livesome creature."
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.