8-Letter Words Matching ____V__Y

There are 16 8-letter words that match ____V__Y. 11 are common words, such as ACTIVELY and ACTIVITY. A rarer one is VOTIVELY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

activelyactivitydeliverynativityrecoveryrevivifysalivaryscurvilythieveryunlovelyunsavorymotivitydativelynativelyunlivelyvotively

About this list

Words
16 (11 common words)
Common example
actively
Rare example
votively
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____v__y are there?

16. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVELY is among the common words in this set.