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JOVIALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joviality mean? 

JOVIALITY (noun)
  The noun JOVIALITY has 2 senses:

1. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humorplay

2. a jovial natureplay

  Familiarity information: JOVIALITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JOVIALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

jolliness; jollity; joviality

Hypernyms ("joviality" is a kind of...):

gaiety; merriment (a gay feeling)

amiability; good humor; good humour; good temper (a cheerful and agreeable mood)

Derivation:

jovial (full of or showing high-spirited merriment)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A jovial nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

conviviality; joviality

Hypernyms ("joviality" is a kind of...):

sociability; sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)

Derivation:

jovial (full of or showing high-spirited merriment)


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