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convivial
/ kənˈvɪvɪəl /
adjective
- sociable; jovial or festive
a convivial atmosphere
Derived Forms
- conˈvivialist, noun
- conˈvivially, adverb
- conˌviviˈality, noun
Other Words From
- con·viv·i·al·ist noun
- con·viv·i·al·i·ty [k, uh, n-viv-ee-, al, -i-tee], noun
- con·viv·i·al·ly adverb
- non·con·viv·i·al adjective
- non·con·viv·i·al·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of convivial1
Word History and Origins
Origin of convivial1
Example Sentences
Convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating, allowing his boisterous high spirits free rein.
This convivial mask he wears, along with his omnipresent flask, is obscuring a deep hurt stemming from his father.
In person, Lundgren is far more convivial than his often monodrone on-screen persona suggests.
He said he and other winemakers produce pot wine in small quantities, to be shared in “convivial moments with like-minded people.”
Memories of more convivial press encounters were never more incongruent.
Gone, too, is the hamlet of Garratt, whose mock elections of a Mayor caused such convivial excitement a century ago.
Night after night he was absent until the latest hours at convivial clubs and card-parties.
And then he went off to the Convivial Cannibals, where he ate an enormous tripe supper, and was more jovial and violent than ever.
A convivial club, meeting once a week, established by Gibbon and other travellers.
The brethren had begun the day by union for worship, they ended it with union for social and convivial festivity.
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