Meaning & use

vividly

adverb·Academic

In a way that produces strikingly clear, bright, or lifelike images or impressions in the mind.

See it in a sentence

She vividly remembered every detail of her first day at school decades later.

The author describes the battle so vividly that readers can almost hear the gunfire.

A note on using this word

Vividly often pairs with verbs of memory or description, such as 'remember vividly' or 'describe vividly'.

Words with a similar meaning

clearlygraphicallydistinctly

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

dimlyvaguely

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