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joviality

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jo·vi·al  (jv-l)
adj.
Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer: a jovial host.
[French, probably from Italian giovale, from Old Italian, of Jupiter (regarded as the source of happiness), from Late Latin Iovilis, from Latin Iuppiter, Iov-, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
jovi·ali·ty (-l-t) n.
jovi·al·ly adv.
joviality
1. the quality or state of being merry or jovial.
2. festivity.
See also: Happiness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.joviality - feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
jolliness, jollity
gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling
amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper - a cheerful and agreeable mood
2.joviality - a jovial nature
conviviality
sociability, sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
Translations
joviality [ˌdʒəʊvɪˈælɪtɪ] N → jovialidad f
joviality [ˌdʒəʊviˈælɪti] n → jovialité f
joviality
n → Fröhlichkeit f, → Jovialität f (esp pej); (of welcome) → Herzlichkeit f
joviality [ˌdʒəʊvɪˈælɪtɪ] n → giovialità
joviality [ˌdʒəʊvɪˈælɪtɪ] n → giovialità


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Deep down in each of them there was a kind of hearty joviality, a relish of life, not over-delicate, but very invigorating.
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Nicholson's, and to have remained, upon the other, of that exact shade of joviality which John desired in his companions.
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The grand hall was no longer anything but a vast furnace of effrontry and joviality, where every mouth was a cry, every individual a posture; everything shouted and howled.
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