CONVIVIAL in a Sentence

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They hailed Ethan with ironic compliment and offers of conviviality; but no one knew where to find the glue.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONVIVIAL
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convivial
 a.  festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
Classic Sentence:
1  Mr. Micawber was uncommonly convivial.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
2  As the punch disappeared, Mr. Micawber became still more friendly and convivial.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
3  How could he forget that in his Island days, Queequeg, for one, must certainly have been guilty of some murderous, convivial indiscretions.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
4  It is a most refreshing, convivial, beautiful object to behold.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
5  Spirits were produced, in consequence of one of the young ladies complaining of a coldness in her inside; and the conversation took a very convivial and improving turn.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  They hailed Ethan with ironic compliment and offers of conviviality; but no one knew where to find the glue.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
7  Cedric would have avoided pledging her in this ominous conviviality, but the sign which she made to him expressed impatience and despair.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence:
1  The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs.