The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANIMATED
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More clues leading to the result ANIMATED
- Dame exercising with a tin full of beans
- Lively girl on radio took a partner
- A flipping awful noise? Pal’s stuck in chipper!
- Lively friend dipping into a new set of papers?
- Lively article one friend finally read
- A male in jail turned up, given life
- Excited adult, chum in row bouncing back
- I get married and set out full of beans!
- Raving at maiden, bright- eyed and bushy-tailed
- Full of excitement about Ian getting married
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What does ANIMATED mean?
ANIMATED verb- To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
- To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
- Endowed with life.
- Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move thought the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.