different between glad vs lively
glad
English
Etymology
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?lad?-, from *??elh?- (“to shine”).
Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”). Doublet of glatt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?læd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Adjective
glad (comparative gladder or more glad, superlative gladdest or most glad)
- Pleased, happy, gratified.
- A wise son maketh a glad father.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III Scene 2
- Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity.
- "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
- (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
- 1590, Philip Sidney, Arcadia
- Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.
- 1590, Philip Sidney, Arcadia
Antonyms
- sorrowful
- sad
- downcast
- peevish
- cranky
- heavy
- depressed
Derived terms
- engladden
- gladden
- gladly
Translations
Verb
glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)
- (archaic, transitive) To make glad
- Synonyms: cheer up, gladden, exhilarate
- that which gladded all the warrior train
- 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
- God that glads the lover's heart
Breton
Alternative forms
- gwlad
Etymology
From Middle Breton gloat (“kingdom, wealth”), from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wélh?tis ~ *h?wl?h?téy-, from the root *h?welh?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??t/
Noun
glad f (plural gladoù)
- arable land
- patrimony, estate
- (archaic) territory, country
- (archaic) feudal domain
Inflection
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lad/, [??læð]
- Rhymes: -ad
Adjective
glad (neuter glad, plural and definite singular attributive glade, comparative gladere, superlative (predicative) gladest, superlative (attributive) gladeste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch glat, from Old Dutch *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t/
- Hyphenation: glad
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)
- smooth, polished
- slippery
Inflection
Derived terms
- gladheid
- gladjanus
- spekglad
- spiegelglad
Adverb
glad
- completely, entirely (mostly along with verbs and adjective with a negative meaning)
Usage notes
The usage as an adverb is highly restricted to verbs such as vergeten (“to forget”) and bederven (“to spoil, to rot”) and adjectives such as mis (“wrong, incorrect”) and verkeerd (“wrong, incorrect”).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- glade, gladde, glaid, gled
Etymology
From Old English glæd, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?d/, /?lad/
Adjective
glad
- joyful, merry, happy
Descendants
- English: glad
- Scots: gled, glaid
- Yola: glaude
References
- “gl??d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/, /?l??/
Adjective
glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladere, indefinite superlative gladest, definite superlative gladeste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr. Akin to English glad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??/
Adjective
glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladare, indefinite superlative gladast, definite superlative gladaste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gladaz
Adjective
glad
- glad
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gold?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lâ?d/
Noun
gl?d f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- hunger
- ko radi, ne boji se gladi
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?lad?-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??d/
Adjective
glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)
- happy, glad
Declension
Anagrams
- lagd
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lively
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?vli/
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.
Alternative forms
- lifely (obsolete)
Adjective
lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
- Full of life; energetic.
- Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
- 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
- His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
- (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
Synonyms
- (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
- (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
- (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
- (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent
Derived terms
- liveliness
- look lively
Translations
Noun
lively (plural livelies)
- (nautical, informal) Term of address.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
- Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
Etymology 2
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.
Adverb
lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)
- Vigorously.
- Vibrantly, vividly.
- (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
- the Painter Protogenes […] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, […] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture […].
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
Translations
Anagrams
- evilly, vilely
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