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Conviviality

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con·viv·i·al  (kn-vv-l)
adj.
1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
2. Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion.
[Late Latin convvilis, from Latin convvium, banquet : com-, com- + vvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
con·vivi·ali·ty (-l-t) n.
con·vivi·al·ly adv.
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Noun1.conviviality - a jovial nature
joviality
sociability, sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
2.conviviality - a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
jollification, merrymaking
festivity, celebration - any joyous diversion
high jinks, high jinx, hijinks, jinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking
revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking
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The streets present a lively and animated appearance, occasioned chiefly by the conviviality of the military.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
He lifted the latch, and turned into the bright bar or kitchen on the right hand, where the less lofty customers of the house were in the habit of assembling, the parlour on the left being reserved for the more select society in which Squire Cass frequently enjoyed the double pleasure of conviviality and condescension.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
But if you lacked that qualification, and were an hungered, or inclined toward conviviality at unlawful hours, Colette's was your only port.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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