She liked to invite convivial people to her annual party. From LearnThat.org.
A convivial atmosphere at the reunion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
You have a chance to meet like-minded people, to discuss and air views, and to down the odd pint or two in convivial company. From Wordnik.com. [Boredom] Reference
While hardly what one would call a convivial conversationalist, he at least deigned to engage in some interspecies small talk. From Wordnik.com. [Sliding Scales]
He was not what might be called convivial, though fond of good company - very little wine affecting him - so that a certain self-control became second nature to him. From Wordnik.com. ["Marse Henry" : an autobiography,] Reference
He was not what might be called convivial, though fond of good company -- very little wine affecting him -- so that a certain self-control became second nature to him. From Wordnik.com. [Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography] Reference
But he loses the idea of the godly living among the un-godly for their benefit in the literally "convivial" way that Luther describes. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Secular Conviviality] Reference
I saw one management job posting that talked about the responsibility to maintain a "convivial" work environment. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0] Reference
Are such modes inhospitable to the kind of convivial and nomadic ™ medieval studies In the Middle is supposed to cultivate?. From Wordnik.com. [In the Middle] Reference
This club consisted of a limited number of young merchants and officials, who had more taste for any kind of convivial entertainment than for music. From Wordnik.com. [My Life — Volume 1] Reference
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy used a "convivial". From Wordnik.com. [EU News] Reference
"convivial," and the drive of the line from Shaftesbury to Grice is to make the inherent feasibility of conversation a matter of logic. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Secular Conviviality] Reference
It was a convivial party -- not noisy nor boisterous. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
It was a convivial house, with a tiki bar in the back. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
The farewell dinner was a grand affair and very convivial. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
��The decor is fin de siecle, the atmosphere convivial. From Wordnik.com. [Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes] Reference
But the jukebox software isn't nearly as convivial as iTunes. From Wordnik.com. [Tune Into Zune?] Reference
Unfortunately, this ambitious surgeon had been but a convivial friend. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
I suspect, Tom, you and the Bailie were rather convivial after supper. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The subsequent convivial meeting was a thing not easily to be forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Film Festival and had about it a loose, convivial, countercultural glow. From Wordnik.com. [Sundance Memories] Reference
The eight women and four men on the jury seemed confident, conscientious and convivial. From Wordnik.com. [Martha's Fall] Reference
It derives its convivial name from a peculiar cataract often visited by tourists from Braemar. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
I went to the chase and appeared at the table, and was as convivial as the best; he asked no more. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The subsequent proceedings were of a highly convivial nature, as befitted so auspicious an occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway] Reference
A terme, je pense que le cyberespace restera un lieu beaucoup plus convivial que la société réelle. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
No man that ever lived required less entreaty to oblige his convivial friends with his charming singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
Even the Lone Wolf, who has his name for a reason, was warm and glowing in this communal convivial embrace. From Wordnik.com. [Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: A Chateau Weekend] Reference
Then follows a convivial chat between Cassio, Rodrigo and Jago, in the course of which the latter makes Cassio drunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Many convivial souls place on a side table in each room mineral water, cigarettes, cigars, and the inevitable decanter. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
"A fine old felloe," said I-- "full of fun, well informed, convivial, age about sixty, well preserved, splendid face --". From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
They met in the night at the then famous restaurant of Boulanger giving to the assemblage the air of convivial entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
Could it be going offline would put the participants in touch with a more convivial past, reaffirming the values of our ancestors?. From Wordnik.com. [NO NET? WE'D RATHER GO WITHOUT FOOD.] Reference
Sikhs have shown that, notwithstanding historical militancy, they can renew the social contract of convivial tolerance with India's majority Hindus. From Wordnik.com. [Sikhs Beyond Separatism] Reference
For a moment, as he wound up the loose toilet tissue on the cylinder of the toilet paper holder, he was as convivial as one could be when in a party of one. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Many people are absurdly jealous on the subject of their coffined sires; nor is it wise in convivial moments to strike up an ancestral ditty to the tune of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
She had got no invitation to the Sheriff's, and yet here was the hint of some convivial gathering such as she and her brothers had hitherto always been welcome to. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"Any partic'lar reason why you and your convivial guests should hide your countenances behind masks?" he inquired in a casual tone, glancing about with curious calculation. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Many will recall his convivial nature, his humor, his thoughtfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
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