Both Uses of
vivacious
in
The Awakening
- There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular.
Chpt 30 *vivacious = with engaging liveliness
- Her attention was never for a moment withdrawn from him after seating herself at table; and when he turned to Mrs. Merriman, who was prettier and more vivacious than Mrs. Highcamp, she waited with easy indifference for an opportunity to reclaim his attention.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(vivacious) having an engaging liveliness -- when said of a person, typically said of a female