jovially

jo·vi·al

(jō′vē-əl)

adj.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer: a jovial host.

[French, from Middle French, under the favorable astrological influence of the planet Jupiter, jovial, from Old Italian, from Late Latin Ioviālis, of Jupiter, from Latin Iuppiter, Iov-, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]

jo′vi·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

jo′vi·al·ly adv.

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Adv.

jovially - in a jovial manner; "he greeted his friend jovially"

Translations

بِمَرَح، بِبَشاشَه

bodře

gemytligtjovialt

heiter

jovialement

glaîlega

giovialmente

güler yüzleneşeyle

快活地愉快地

jovially

[ˈdʒəʊvɪəlɪ] ADV → jovialmente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jovially

[ˈdʒəʊviəli] adv → jovialement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jovially

adv → fröhlich, jovial; welcome → freundlich, herzlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jovially

[ˈdʒəʊvɪəlɪ] adv → giovialmente, con giovialità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

jovial

(ˈdʒouviəl) adjective

full of good humour. He seems to be in a very jovial mood this morning.

ˌjoviˈality (-ˈa-) noun

ˈjovially adverb

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Jack was standing in the middle of the stall, and by the moonlight Tip could see he was smiling just as jovially as ever.

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Men began to throng into the office and call at him over the railing, jovially, sharply, viciously, excitedly.

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At Sergey Ivanovitch's little pills, everyone laughed; Turovtsin in especial roared loudly and jovially, glad at last to have found something to laugh at, all he ever looked for in listening to conversation.

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"That's all right, sis," he answered jovially. "My money'll take care of itself.

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Driving about from place to place, living jovially at inns, seeing fresh faces constantly, and getting money by all this enjoyment, instead of spending it--what a life for me, if I had been the son of a haberdasher and the grandson of a groom's widow!

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"I have brought something better than news," said I, putting down the box upon the table and speaking jovially and boisterously, though my heart was heavy within me.

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The inherited stupidity of the race--sound English common sense he jovially termed it--was shown to be the proper bulwark for society.

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"Marry, that will I!" cried Friar Tuck jovially. "Once more will I cross this much beforded stream, and go with you to the good greenwood!"

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"A smart boy you've got, Jacob," chuckled Peter, jovially, after the first heart-warming greetings.

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The other had a face that was brilliant with health, and jovially worth of an epicurean.

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Vincy, jovially. "And in my opinion, you're safest with a lawyer.

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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.