conviviality
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a friendly or agreeable quality.
We owe our enthusiasm to the business people who share their craft and knowledge with such camaraderie, conviviality, and community spirit.
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feasting, drinking, and merry company.
I’m teaching these folks the so-called civilized way of celebrating Christmas, so we'll have two days of conviviality, complete with wine and plum brandy.
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a festive quality.
There will be live music, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a general air of conviviality that will charm the hardest of souls.
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“Joy is an act of resistance,” state party Chairman Rusty Hicks gamely suggested at a beer-and-wine reception, which opened the party’s annual three-day convention with as much conviviality as the downtrodden could muster.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
But I have had some of the richest experiences of companionability and conviviality at George's table, breaking bread.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023
Yet more conviviality sneaks into these complete diaries.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023
It was a true celebration of the harvest season — and like with that New Year’s Eve brunch, the dining room was packed with conviviality.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
Aside from an occasional ruckus, the atmosphere was one of conviviality.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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