joviality
Example Sentences
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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
Both Portman and Hemsworth bring a lighthearted joviality to Love and Thunder that works well in moments when the movie’s highlighting the emotional connection that first brought Thor and Jane together.
From The Verge • Jul. 5, 2022
Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
