Sample sentences for CONVIVIAL

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Definition

friendly and fun — especially (when of a person) fond of the pleasures of good company

convivial = friendly and fun

conviviality = being friendly and fun

When the "Jazz History of the World." was over, girls were putting their heads on men's shoulders in a puppyish, convivial way,
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

convivial = friendly and fun

They hailed Ethan with ironic compliment and offers of conviviality;
Edith Wharton -- Ethan Frome

conviviality = a friendly, festive atmosphere

It had been a feeling she'd been after, a convivial solidarity;
Gish Jen -- Typical American

convivial = friendly and fun

I've seen flashes of this August before—this brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit—but I know what he's capable of, and I won't forget it.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

conviviality = friendly cheerfulness

At fifty he was healthy, convivial, and calm, and he was pleased to pass the evenings drinking whisky with friends, always sensibly and for the sake of conversation.
John Hersey -- Hiroshima

convivial = fond of the pleasures of good company

Micawber was uncommonly convivial.
Dickens, Charles -- David Copperfield
She has an affable, convivial nature.
After my long sickness my drinking continued to be convivial.
London, Jack -- John Barleycorn
a convivial atmosphere at the reunion
Presently the convivial noises began again steadily.
Hughes, Thomas -- Tom Brown's Schooldays
Geoffrey's legal adviser—a Scotchman of the ruddy, ready, and convivial type—cordially met the advance.
Collins, Wilkie -- Man And Wife
"That's right," said the full-blooded young man, grinning all over a convivial countenance.
Hornung, E. W. -- Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman
He walked to the fireplace and warmed himself, humming the fag end of a tune in a rich convivial bass voice.
Collins, Wilkie -- The Woman in White
It is a most refreshing, convivial, beautiful object to behold.
Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV
How could he forget that in his Island days, Queequeg, for one, must certainly have been guilty of some murderous, convivial indiscretions.
Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick I-LXVII
You are a most convivial fellow,' returned his friend, 'and I love your humour of all things.
Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
Mr. Bucket proceeded in the same convivial manner as before.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
A few friends, and a quiet convivial party would be the thing, if we could get it up.
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure

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