joviality
Example Sentences
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The next day, standing below the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where the team was staying in Memphis, King yelled down at Jackson in joviality, as if to mitigate the outburst, inviting him to dinner.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Fans of the hirsute sourpuss seek him out for his in-your-face edge — the opposite of Santa’s remote joviality.
From Los Angeles Times
Amid the banter and joviality, the message from the Red Roses was clear: they want to inspire the next generation.
From BBC
There’s silliness — one production involved a cryogenically frozen Swedish rapper — and the overall tone is one of joviality, the belief that art in the early 21st century should be increasingly interactive and playable.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
