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convivial

/kənˈvɪviəl/

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What does convivial mean?

adjective

  1. Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈvɪviəl/

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At this date there prevailed in Casterbridge a convivial custom—scarcely recognized as such, yet none the less established.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
How could he forget that in his Island days, Queequeg, for one, must certainly have been guilty of some murderous, convivial indiscretions.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
More book examples (3)
A party of convivial musicians, next door to a friend of mine, hung suspended in this manner on the brink of their diversions.
Robert Louis StevensonEdinburgh: Picturesque NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #382
The larger and more loaded the orchard, the more frequently the invitations went round and the higher the social and convivial spirit ran.
John BurroughsBirds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #3163
"Griff," as Evans is called, is short and small, and is hospitable, careless, reckless, jolly, social, convivial, peppery, good natured, "nobody's enemy but his own."
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755