Convivial

//kənˈvɪv.i.əl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

    "I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow."

Adjective
  1. 1
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company wordnet

Synonyms

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sociableberserkboonbrightcheerfulcompanion

Example

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"Relations between the heads of state in this region have been convivial, even brotherly."

Etymology

Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).

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