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convivial

[kuhn-viv-ee-uhl] / kənˈvɪv i əl /


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The restaurant’s seasonally shifting dishes are served in a convivial dining room with a lively atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

To Vasquez’s shock, attendees were instead convivial, even friendly.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

I think being convivial and getting out of your normal pathways of thinking are valuable.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

The icehouse, used as a living space, became “a site of convivial socializing among musicians and cognoscenti.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

If you had to select the least convivial scientific field trip of all time, you could certainly do worse than the French Royal Academy of Sciences’ Peruvian expedition of 1735.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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