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Meanings of convivial in anglès

Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.

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Pertaining to a feast or to festivity.

Usage of convivial in anglès
1
Ten minutes later, a convivial group had gathered at Le Café Viennese.
Fire With Fire
2
Especially did he indulge in drinking to excess in all convivial gatherings.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
3
The food, the culture, the attitude -everything is comforting and convivial.
The Guardian
4
The wood-soaked, hand-made decor, convivial staff, intimate feel and music all help.
The Irish Times
5
In Ireland, the place that gifted the world the quintessentially convivial pub?
The Irish Times
6
He must obtain admittance to the convivial table and the domestic hearth.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
7
The sprinter who takes the glass of convivial beer breaks no record.
The Call of the Twentieth Century, an Address to Young Men
8
In familiar or convivial conversation, it does not appear that he excelled.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08 / ...
9
Then again, can't taking pictures also feel appreciative and convivial and celebratory?
Wired
10
The celebration lasts into the night and our reunion is entirely convivial.
The lost books of the odyssey
11
Our prop and stay from a convivial point of view was Jarman.
Paul Kelver
12
But he was not convivial, though he never passed the bottle untouched.
Venetia
13
He surreptitiously drank again, and yet again, for the strangers were convivial.
A Boy's Ride
14
He is of a highly convivial temperament, and his hospitality is unbounded.
Reprinted Pieces
15
Mr. Griggs was a jolly old farmer, with a somewhat convivial countenance.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
16
None of which makes for the most convivial of dinner party conversations.
The Guardian
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common