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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jo•vi•al /ˈdʒoʊviəl/USA pronunciation adj. - showing hearty good humor or a spirit of friendliness; cheerful;
jolly:a jovial smile.
jo•vi•al•i•ty /ˌdʒoʊviˈælɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] jo•vi•al•ly, adv.: He greeted her jovially. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jo•vi•al ( jō′vē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship:a wonderfully jovial host.
- Mythology(cap.) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter.
- Medieval Latin joviālis of Jupiter (the planet, supposed to exert a happy influence), equivalent. to Latin jovi- (see Jovian) + -ālis -al1
- 1580–90
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged merry, jolly, convivial, gay, joyful, mirthful. Jovial, jocose, jocular, jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor. Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor:a jovial person.Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting:with jocose and comical airs.Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish:jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around him.Jocund, now a literary word, suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety:glad and jocund company.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gloomy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jovial /ˈdʒəʊvɪəl/ adj - having or expressing convivial humour; jolly
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin joviālis of (the planet) Jupiter, considered by astrologers to foster good humourˌjoviˈality, ˈjovialness n ˈjovially adv |