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; with animation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an animated manner

Etymologies

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animated +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • 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

  • I looked over his shoulder to where Sophie, Marissa, and Cece were gathered, chattering animatedly, just as he said.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • To my right, a woman was chatting rather animatedly on her cellphone.

    The Happy Luddite Ulysses 2009

  • To my right, a woman was chatting rather animatedly on her cellphone.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Ulysses 2009

  • 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.

    Help! My children have grown up French 2012

  • 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

  • I looked over his shoulder to where Sophie, Marissa, and Cece were gathered, chattering animatedly, just as he said.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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