convivial

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Be friendly, genial, convivial -- what you will -- but preserve the tone and bearing of a gentleman.

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  1. adjective Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
  2. adjective Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion.

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  • It all seemed very warm and convivial, and Jack Walker had good reason to feel that in Jefferson he had a wonderful neighbor and trusty old friend. —  Understanding Thomas Jefferson
  • The relationship doesn't have to be cosy and convivial, and indeed I think in general it will be, and probably should be, a tense one. —  homunculus
  • Not only are these easy to do and convivial, the insights emerging from these, if facilitated properly, will be hugely beneficial in informing your next steps, aside from any additional business development opportunities such events can generate. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • His habits were convivial, and the vicious indulgence of his strong and masculine appetites, the only relaxation he craved in the intervals of his fierce activities, had caused him frequent illnesses; but he was still a young man, even by American standards, for the eminence he had attained. —  Stephen Arnold Douglas
  • He was simply convivial, and of the same sort as Georgie K. He no longer looked even a gentleman. —  'Doc.' Gordon
 

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  1. Late Latin convīviālis, from Latin convīvium, banquet : com-, com- + vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French convivial = Italian conviviale, from Latin convivialis, pertaining to a feast, from convivium, a feast (cf. convivalis, pertaining to a feaster (from conviva, a feaster), equivalent to convivialis: see convival), from convivere, live together: see convive, v.
 

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/kənˈvɪviəl/
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