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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a jovial manner; merrily; gaily; with jollity.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. In a jovial manner

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in a jovial manner

Examples

  • “Boyee, "he called jovially as Hal came back to his desk.”

    The Clarion

  • “Alice took his arm, and they began to walk aimlessly through the rooms, though she tried to look as if they had a definite destination, keeping her eyes eager and her lips parted; -- people had called jovially to them from the distance, she meant to imply, and they were going to join these merry friends.”

    Alice Adams

  • “The men were calling jovially back and forth as they unharnessed tired horses that fell into attitudes of rest and crunched, in deep content, the grain given them.”

    Freckles

  • “As the heavily loaded trains met or passed each other along the route the excited crowds called jovially to one another, "Suckers!”

    Land of the Burnt Thigh

  • “Opposite the gangway, having jovially hailed the anchor - watch of the Lancashire Queen and asked the direction of the Scottish Chiefs, another wheat ship, he awkwardly capsized himself.”

    THE SIEGE OF THE 'LANCASHIRE QUEEN'

  • “Also in the interview, Lee talks about his numerous Marvel-flick cameos, which he jovially assures us are not guaranteed in writing but rather won through painstaking effort on his part.”

    Stan Lee Discusses the SPIDER-MAN Reboot – Collider.com

  • “Which is ok, but I like to be the last one seen onstage, he said jovially.”

    The Wall Street Journal: New York Gives Opera Idol His Tsar Turn

  • “After Mattson's neuroscience talk, titled "Use It or Lose It," Austin Smith, a senior at Osborn Park High School in Manassas who was attending with his parents, talked jovially with his mother's colleague, Greg Steigerwald, about what qualifies as the "good" brain stress Mattson mentioned in his talk.”

    The Washington Post: Arlington's Cafe Scientifique draws crowds to discuss technical topics with experts

  • “Hall greeted him jovially enough, but Gorman and Watson scowled as they grunted curt good mornings.”

    A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL

  • “Indeed, according to the White House transcript, the voter jovially asked him that question because "Mother Teresa answered it in an article and I was going to ask you the same because I loved her answer.”

    The Washington Post: It's Obama's fault people want to believe he's Muslim

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