Both Uses of
convivial
in
Bleak House
- …an admirable thing that Mademoiselle Hortense can't forget it; but at meals for days afterwards, even among her countrywomen and others attached in like capacity to the troop of visitors, relapses into silent enjoyment of the joke—an enjoyment expressed, in her own convivial manner, by an additional tightness of face, thin elongation of compressed lips, and sidewise look, which intense appreciation of humour is frequently reflected in my Lady's mirrors when my Lady is not among them.†
Chpt 10-12
- Mr. Bucket proceeded in the same convivial manner as before.†
Chpt 61-63 *
Definition:
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(convivial) friendly and fun -- especially (when of a person) fond of the pleasures of good company