Live"li*hood (?), n. [OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life,
life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. lf life + ld road, way,
maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode.]
Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support
of life; maintenance.
The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood.
Addison.
It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by
practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.
South.
Live"li*hood, n. [Lively + - hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life.
[Obs.] Shak.
Live"li*ly, adv. In a lively manner. [Obs.] Lamb.
Live"li*ness, n. [From Lively.] 1. The quality or state of being lively
or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the
liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. B. Jonson.
2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of
the eye or the countenance in a portrait.