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• a  not made lively or brightened
  a life unenlivened by romance

• On the page, unenlivened by Nabokov's rich accent or his antic platform mannerisms, this methodical tracing of specifics could be slow going.
• On the page, unenlivened by Nabokov's's rich accent or his antic platform mannerisms, this methodical tracing of specifics could be slow going.

• enlivened