convivial
Origin of convivial
1Other words for convivial
Other words from convivial
- con·viv·i·al·ist, noun
- con·viv·i·al·i·ty [kuhn-viv-ee-al-i-tee], /kənˌvɪv iˈæl ɪ ti/, noun
- con·viv·i·al·ly, adverb
- non·con·viv·i·al, adjective
- non·con·viv·i·al·ly, adverb
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How to use convivial in a sentence
convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating, allowing his boisterous high spirits free rein.
What Mozart Really Looked Like: 14 Portraits of the Composer (Photos and Music) | The Daily Beast | February 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis convivial mask he wears, along with his omnipresent flask, is obscuring a deep hurt stemming from his father.
‘The Spectacular Now,’ Starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, Is One of Sundance’s Best | Marlow Stern | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn person, Lundgren is far more convivial than his often monodrone on-screen persona suggests.
Dolph Lundgren’s Wild Ride: From Fulbright Scholar to ‘The Expendables 2’ | Marlow Stern | August 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said he and other winemakers produce pot wine in small quantities, to be shared in “convivial moments with like-minded people.”
Marijuana-Laced Wine Grows More Fashionable in California Wine Country | Michael Steinberger | April 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMemories 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.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperNight after night he was absent until the latest hours at convivial clubs and card-parties.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottAnd then he went off to the convivial Cannibals, where he ate an enormous tripe supper, and was more jovial and violent than ever.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsA convivial club, meeting once a week, established by Gibbon and other travellers.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonThe brethren had begun the day by union for worship, they ended it with union for social and convivial festivity.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert
British Dictionary definitions for convivial
/ (kənˈvɪvɪəl) /
sociable; jovial or festive: a convivial atmosphere
Origin of convivial
1Derived forms of convivial
- convivialist, noun
- conviviality, noun
- convivially, adverb
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