Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-live-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From over- + lively.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overlively (comparative) most overlively (superlative)

Questions

What does overlively mean?
Excessively lively.
Where does overlively come from?
From over- + lively.

How to pronounce overlively

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