Positive personality trait

Vivacious

adj. Lively, animated, and attractively full of energy.

3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Talks, laughs and moves with an energy that draws people toward them.
  • Brings a sparkle to a party, a stage or a dinner table, so that others liven up too.
  • Keeps the same bright manner with new people as with old friends.

Fits when a person has attractively animated and spirited energy

Not when you mean noisy, youthful, or continuously cheerful

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: the word comments on charm, and dictionaries note it is used especially of women, so at work it can read as a remark on personality or looks rather than performance. It suits a story, a toast or a personal letter; for work, show results with audiences or guests instead.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] is vivacious company: at [community events, performances or family gatherings] they bring people into the conversation and lift the mood of the whole room.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] brings a bright, lively energy to drama and class performances, and others enjoy working with them.
  • In a story, shown not told
    He came into the kitchen still telling the story he had started on the stairs, hands flying. Within a minute the cook had put down her knife to listen, and the dishwasher was laughing.
Example

His vivacious storytelling filled even familiar events with motion.

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