How to pronounce lively in British English
“lively” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lively the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lively” in: all accents · American English (240 clips)
“lively” in real sentences — British speakers
152 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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an incredibly lively branch.
UK Parliament
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It was a very lively day.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “lively”
Words one sound away from lively — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lively”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lively. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.