Both Uses of
convivial
in
The House of Mirth
- But Lily recalled with a pang that there were convivial moments when, as Judy had confided to her, Gus "talked foolishly": in one of these, no doubt, the fatal word had slipped from him.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- It was Mr. Stancy, a man of large resounding presence, suggestive of convivial occasions and of a chivalry finding expression in "first-night" boxes and thousand dollar bonbonnieres, who had transplanted Mrs. Hatch from the scene of her first development to the higher stage of hotel life in the metropolis.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(convivial) friendly and fun -- especially (when of a person) fond of the pleasures of good company