festive
Origin of festive
1Other words from festive
- fes·tive·ly, adverb
- fes·tive·ness, noun
- non·fes·tive, adjective
- non·fes·tive·ly, adverb
- non·fes·tive·ness, noun
- sub·fes·tive, adjective
- sub·fes·tive·ly, adverb
- sub·fes·tive·ness, noun
- un·fes·tive, adjective
- un·fes·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use festive in a sentence
In the meantime, she chose for the cover photo on her Facebook page a picture of a road lined festively with Afghan flags.
Anne Smedinghoff, the Hero Diplomat We Lost in Afghanistan | Michael Daly | April 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had everything set up, downright festively—glasses, crushed ice, a formidable little squad of fresh bottles.
Gone Fishing | James H. SchmitzWith them, as well as with most of the tribes of Western Ucayali, the birth of a child is festively celebrated.
Toward midnight I passed a house in Clinton Place that was lighted up festively.
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) | VariousThis sprightly summer cheese is generously sprinkled with the local brandy and festively wrapped in fresh green leaves.
The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown
The story goes that all the saints, festively assembled, were drinking wine.
St. Nicholas | George H. McKnight
British Dictionary definitions for festive
/ (ˈfɛstɪv) /
appropriate to or characteristic of a holiday, etc; merry
Origin of festive
1Derived forms of festive
- festively, adverb
- festiveness, noun
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