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convivial

[ kuhn-viv-ee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. a convivial atmosphere.

    Synonyms: genial, companionable, sociable

  2. fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial.
  3. of or befitting a feast; festive.


convivial

/ kənˈvɪvɪəl /

adjective

  1. sociable; jovial or festive

    a convivial atmosphere



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Derived Forms

  • conˌviviˈality, noun
  • conˈvivially, adverb
  • conˈvivialist, noun

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Other Words From

  • con·viv·i·al·ist noun
  • con·viv·i·al·i·ty [k, uh, n-viv-ee-, al, -i-tee], noun
  • con·viv·i·al·ly adverb
  • non·con·viv·i·al adjective
  • non·con·viv·i·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of convivial1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Late Latin convīviālis “festal,” equivalent to Latin convīvi(um) “feast” ( convīv(ere) “to live together, dine together” ( con- con- + vīvere “to live”) + -ium -ium ) + -ālis -al 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of convivial1

C17: from Late Latin convīviālis pertaining to a feast, from Latin convīvium, a living together, banquet, from vīvere to live

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Example Sentences

Detailed and convivial buyer personas would be crafted, CRMs loaded with masses of aggregated data sets, and if they so wished, marketers could still claim humble successes from spray-and-pray philosophies.

To make the experience more convivial, families and communities have organized watch parties to support the Olympians—and watching those watch parties has become a sport all its own.

From Time

While the hearing was mostly convivial, there were moments that underscored a partisan split on the environment.

Sure, we’ll all bring out winter coats as it becomes necessary, but eating dinner in a parka detracts from the air of convivial comfort we usually seek when going out to a restaurant.

From Eater

Convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating, allowing his boisterous high spirits free rein.

This convivial mask he wears, along with his omnipresent flask, is obscuring a deep hurt stemming from his father.

In person, Lundgren is far more convivial than his often monodrone on-screen persona suggests.

He said he and other winemakers produce pot wine in small quantities, to be shared in “convivial moments with like-minded people.”

Memories of more convivial press encounters were never more incongruent.

Gone, too, is the hamlet of Garratt, whose mock elections of a Mayor caused such convivial excitement a century ago.

Night after night he was absent until the latest hours at convivial clubs and card-parties.

And then he went off to the Convivial Cannibals, where he ate an enormous tripe supper, and was more jovial and violent than ever.

A convivial club, meeting once a week, established by Gibbon and other travellers.

The brethren had begun the day by union for worship, they ended it with union for social and convivial festivity.

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