Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an animated way; with animation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With animation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
animated manner; withanimation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an animated manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Massimov eschewed the dance floor at a trendy night club one night and mounted the stage, where he danced "animatedly" for some time in full view of the patrons.
Thestar.com - Home Page Mark Seibel 2010
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I looked over his shoulder to where Sophie, Marissa, and Cece were gathered, chattering animatedly, just as he said.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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To my right, a woman was chatting rather animatedly on her cellphone.
The Happy Luddite Ulysses 2009
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To my right, a woman was chatting rather animatedly on her cellphone.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ulysses 2009
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In the UK too, I have found, if you ask a British child about their school, they can chat to you animatedly and happily about World Book Day or Black History Month or their island project, or their teacher's new baby.
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Our initial unease only deepened as we exhausted our superficial chatter, and every time a silence fell over the dinner table, we all began talking animatedly at once, which only made things more awkward.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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I looked over his shoulder to where Sophie, Marissa, and Cece were gathered, chattering animatedly, just as he said.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Its president, Drew Becher, an energetic, entrepreneurial ideas machine animatedly said, While a skyline can be beautiful from afar, when you get here, the city has to have a soul ...
Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011
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I looked up as a pair of young mothers walked past me, pushing babies in prams and chatting animatedly, and suddenly I discovered kids surrounding me.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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Its president, Drew Becher, an energetic, entrepreneurial ideas machine animatedly said, While a skyline can be beautiful from afar, when you get here, the city has to have a soul ...
Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011
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