joviality
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The musical is structured in a similar way, they said, opening with the joviality of a disco or Philippine noontime variety show, then slowly shedding that illusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
A classmate at the time said she had turned the school "in completely the opposite direction" during the election, using her "personality, joviality and optimism".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
One Christmas obligation is to bring tidings of comfort to those who, because they are suffering, find the obligatory joviality of the season off-putting and depressing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
The joviality didn’t last long — or, rather, it flipped back and forth between dancers driving across the floor to more introspective moments for Marcellus, whose rich, layered vocalizations filled the theater.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Gebu’s joviality lasted for several days, and as was usual during these periods, Ranofer fared better as to food.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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