The phrase "a bit animated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is lively, energetic, or expressive, often in a slightly informal context.
Example: "During the presentation, she was a bit animated, which kept the audience engaged and interested."
Alternatives: "somewhat lively" or "a little spirited."
This fire-ringed mountaintop figures in three of the four operas in the "Ring" cycle and becomes a bit tedious; its animated cracklings start to suggest an unusually large version of fake logs while also dwarfing the singers.
The new film, which hits theaters Friday, stands out as a bit of traditionally animated whimsy in a time when so many other studios rebooting classic cartoons are forgoing their hand drawn pasts to put the show's characters in 3D, sometimes even putting them in live action worlds (see: "The Smurfs," out at the end of the month).
"Can we do something a little bit more animated?" It's a dangerous line to insert into such a tedious work, where the subject matter, which hints at the freedom and danger of taking flight, slips into melodrama, with couples bickering.
Those who prefer their vicarious family members a bit more animate can adopt a turkey ($15), a bison ($35), a wolf ($25), a lemur ($50 to $1,000), a "cold-stunned" sea turtle ($20), a whale ($35 plus $3 shipping and handling) or a bat (just $15, for which you get "an endearing letter from your bat").
Passadis del Pep, a sprawling place with dining rooms on many levels, is a "white tablecloth" restaurant but every bit as animated as its less formal cousin.
There's an octopus versus penguins chase scene through Venice that may be the best bit of animated alacrity since The Adventures of Tintin.
In recent years both the continent's leading technology conferences, LeWeb in Paris and Digital, Life, Design in Munich, have become networking fests every bit as animated as their American equivalents.
Extensive references to Shostakovich's works and repeated use of his musical signature (DSCH, played D-E flat-C-B) made the symphony seem a bit like a gruesome patchwork animated à la Frankenstein's monster.
Nightlife in Korea looks like a seedy and dangerous affair in the new 8-Bit "dot animated" music video for Seoul hip-hop duo XXX.
