Both Uses of
convivial
in
The Remains of the Day
- I led Dr Meredith downstairs, showed him into the billiard room, then returned quickly to the smoking room where the atmosphere, if anything, had grown even more convivial.†
Chpt 2m - *convivial = friendly and fun
- When a few minutes later I was called in to provide refreshments, the four gentlemen were discussing the relative merits of different sorts of sausage, and the atmosphere seemed on the surface at least quite convivial.†
Chpt 4a -
Definition:
friendly and fun -- especially (when of a person) fond of the pleasures of good company