Convivial
[kən'vɪvɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; 'a convivial atmosphere at the reunion'; 'a woman of convivial nature'; 'he was a real good-time Charlie' .
Checked by Debs--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
Checked by Clive
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Festal, festive, social, jovial, jolly, gay.
Checked by Erwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hospitable, social, festive, gay, festal, jovial, jolly
ANT:Inhospitable, unsociable, unneighborly, churlish, abstemious, austere, ascetic
Editor: Nita
Definition
adj. feasting in company: relating to a feast: social: jovial.—v.i. Convive′ (Shak.) to feast together.—n. a companion at table.—ns. Conviv′ialist a convivial fellow; Convivial′ity.—adv. Conviv′ially.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- He walked to the fireplace and warmed himself, humming the fag end of a tune in a rich convivial bass voice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As the punch disappeared, Mr. Micawber became still more friendly and convivial. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Let us celebrate this happy meeting with a convivial glass,' said he. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Bucket proceeded in the same convivial manner as before. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Weston was chatty and convivial, and no friend to early separations of any sort; but at last the drawing-room party did receive an augmentation. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His face brightened up, and he began to feel quite convivial. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Micawber was uncommonly convivial. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- On many of these occasions the laboratory was the rendezvous of jolly and convivial visitors, mostly old friends and acquaintances of Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Nadine