convivial
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The tale of the landmark musical “Shuffle Along” gets told with convivial authority by its composer, Eubie Blake, along with a clarifying anecdote about his no-handshake encounter with Charles Lindbergh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
To Vasquez’s shock, attendees were instead convivial, even friendly.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
What sets Houdon’s Franklin apart from the other two is that in those depictions the polymath seems silenced and solitary, compared with Houdon’s convivial treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the loft upstairs, the group breaks into convivial chatter about the novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
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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