festal
adjective
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
festally
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a word derived from
festal.
Example Sentences
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Two candelabra with four candles each lighted up festally the room which had waited so many years for the wandering nephew.
From Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad
For the rest, Mother Nature was as smiling and festally arrayed as could be expected so late in the year in these northern latitudes.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen
In honor of the occasion all hands were turned out, and punch, fruit, and cigars were served in the festally lighted saloon.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen
It shines so festally in here over the bones of the olden time's mighty ones, bones that are now charred and burnt to ashes.
From Pictures of Sweden by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
I came to see if Walter's apartments were in any sort of order," said Doctor Behrend, "and to my great surprise I find them festally adorned.
From A Hero of the Pen by E. Werner
