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joviality

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdʒəʊviˈælɪti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌdʒoʊviˈælɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling( jō′vē al′i tē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
jo•vi•al•i•ty  ( jō′vē al′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the state or quality of being jovial;
    merriment;
    jollity.
  • 1620–30; jovial + -ity; compare French jovialité
    See mirth. 
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
jo•vi•al /ˈdʒoʊviəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. showing hearty good humor or a spirit of friendliness; cheerful;
    jolly:a jovial smile.
jo•vi•al•i•ty /ˌdʒoʊviˈælɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
jo•vi•al•ly, adv.: He greeted her jovially.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
jo•vi•al  ( jō′vē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship:a wonderfully jovial host.
  2. Mythology(cap.) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter.
  • Medieval Latin joviālis of Jupiter (the planet, supposed to exert a happy influence), equivalent. to Latin jovi- (see Jovian) + -ālis -al1
  • 1580–90
jo′vi•al•ly, adv. 
jo′vi•al•ness, n. 
    1. merry, jolly, convivial, gay, joyful, mirthful. Jovial, jocose, jocular, jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor. Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor:a jovial person.Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting:with jocose and comical airs.Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish:jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around him.Jocund, now a literary word, suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety:glad and jocund company.
    1. gloomy.
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