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Vividly

adv. energetic, joyful professional

What it means

Meaning 1

With striking clarity, detail, or intensity.

Reach for it when describing communication or appearance that creates a strong sensory impression

The mural vividly depicts the river before and after restoration.

Meaning 2

With powerful clarity in memory or imagination.

Reach for it when describing how strongly a past or imagined scene is mentally present

She vividly remembered the quiet after the final rescue boat returned.

Words to choose between 7

By register, from playful at the top to literary at the bottom, and by meaning across. Tap a word to see when it fits.
Meaning 1Meaning 2
playful
everyday
warm
professional
formal
literary

Meaning 1: With striking clarity, detail, or intensity.

  • playful

    colorfully

    Fits when varied expressive color or language creates charm

    Careful Colorfully can exaggerate or decorate rather than report vividly and accurately.

  • everyday

    clearly

    Fits when easy understanding is the main achievement

    Careful Clearly lacks the sensory intensity or detail of vividly.

  • professional

    strikingly

    Fits when unusual impact rather than completeness stands out

    Careful Strikingly can modify any contrast and need not create a vivid picture.

  • formal

    graphically

    Fits when concrete detail is forceful or explicit

    Careful Graphically can imply disturbing detail and is unsuitable for gentle imagery.

Meaning 2: With powerful clarity in memory or imagination.

  • warm

    memorably

    Fits when lasting impact is more important than present mental clarity

    Careful Memorably describes the result, not how the image appears in memory.

  • professional

    distinctly

    Fits when a memory or perception is sharply differentiated

    Careful Distinctly is cooler and does not carry emotional or sensory richness.

  • literary

    evocatively

    Fits when suggestion awakens feeling or association

    Careful Evocatively may remain indirect and impressionistic rather than vivid.

Opposites 4

  • dimly
  • vaguely
  • faintly
  • indistinctly

Common phrases 3

  • vividly describe

    The witness could vividly describe the sign but not the driver's face.

  • vividly colored

    Vividly colored thread marks every repaired section of the quilt.

  • vividly remember

    I vividly remember the first day the library reopened.

Word family 2

Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated