fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial.
of or befitting a feast; festive.
Origin of convivial
1660–70; <Late Latin convīviālis festal, equivalent to Latin convīvi(um) feast (convīv(ere) to live together, dine together (con-con- + vīvere to live) + -ium-ium) + -ālis-al1
Sure, we’ll all bring out winter coats as it becomes necessary, but eating dinner in a parka detracts from the air of convivial comfort we usually seek when going out to a restaurant.
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Convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating, allowing his boisterous high spirits free rein.
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This convivial mask he wears, along with his omnipresent flask, is obscuring a deep hurt stemming from his father.
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He said he and other winemakers produce pot wine in small quantities, to be shared in “convivial moments with like-minded people.”
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Races, revels, and bull-fights in Monterey celebrated the convivial departure of Fernandez.
Historic Towns of the Western States|Various
Burns meanwhile enjoying himself at the house of some jovial farmer or convivial laird.
Robert Burns|Principal Shairp.
Touch-the-button-Nell was singing a comic ditty of a convivial order.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
He put his hands back of his head and tried to tell himself how sick he was of teas and club receptions and convivial old grads.
Princeton Stories|Jesse Lynch Williams
Tradition said that it had been a rendezvous for convivial spirits for ages that had gone.