jovial
adjective
endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship.
jovially
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a word derived from
jovial.
Example Sentences
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Making the rounds of TV talk shows, she jovially defended her old-fashioned lifestyle and dubbed herself an endangered species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Whittaker laughs jovially when he recalls the moment he arrived home in Australia to his wife and kids.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
It’s a countryish song with south-of-the border touches like marimba and flutes, a style jovially summed up as “Gulf and Western.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
“We are all worshippers of Baalim, and so we had this joke between us where we insult each another, jovially, as brothers would.…”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
