Of, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential.
But since there is no other universal language of grammar, a middle course can be taken, and the English grammar may be taught according to a more lifely classification, and in a more lifely language; […]
In a lifelike manner.
Unslain fro thee, which ay us lifely herteth, With books of his ornat enditing That is to all this land enlumining.
From Middle English lifly, lyfly, lyflich, from Old English līflīċ (“living; vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Doublet of lively and lifelike.
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