deadly-lively

Though it is a castle town, it is free from the usual “deadly-lively” look, and has an air of prosperity and comfort.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

A shame, but they walked again deadly-lively with the crowd.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

A shame, but they walked again deadly-lively with the crowd.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

The stage pompously rolled into the huddled street of its terminus, and deposited me, in the neighborhood of noon, on the stoop of the only tavern supported in the deadly-lively place.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Various

We saw that we had here a good specimen of the variety of life commonly described as deadly-lively.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

Did messieurs know Roscoff -- a deadly-lively little place, with a quaint harbour, where there was a chapel to commemorate the landing of Marie

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Various

But, notwithstanding these and many other advantages, the place has lost popularity, has a "deadly-lively" air about it, and, it must be admitted, is in many respects wondrously dull, especially to those who have been used to the brisk life of a great commercial or pleasure-loving capital.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

'Lynwood's Heritage,' and couldn't help reflecting that its author seemed to thrive on misery; and yet how I grudged him to this deadly-lively place, and this monotonous, cooped-up life.

Derrick Vaughan, Novelist Edna Lyall 1880

All country towns are deadly-lively; in fact, there are only two places fit for young people to live in -- London and Paris! '

The Golden Calf 1875

_Theophrastus Such_: “the most insufferable of all deadly-lively prosing in our sublunary world.”

Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources William Alexander Clouston 1869