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1. (adj.) jovial
endowed with or characterized by hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship.
2. jovial
(cap.)
Etymology: (1580–90; < ML joviālis of Jupiter )
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1. (adj) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
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1. (adj) jovial
of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter
2. (adj) jovial
sunny; serene
3. (adj) jovial
gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem
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Sense: full of good humour
He seems to be in a very jovial mood this morning.
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 Afrikaans: gemoedelik, joviaal, opge |
 Arabic: مَرِح، باشٌّ |
 Bulgarian: приветлив |
 Brazilian: jovial |
 Czech: bodrý |
 German: heiter |
 Danish: jovial; gemytlig |
 Greek: ευδιάθετος |
 Spanish: alegre, festivo |
 Estonian: rõõmsameelne |
 Farsi: خوش خلق |
 Finnish: joviaali |
 French: jovial |
 Hebrew: עַלִיז |
 Hindi: आनन्दित |
 Croatian: veseo, srdačan |
 Hungarian: kedélyes |
 Indonesian: periang |
 Icelandic: léttur í lund |
 Italian: gioviale |
 Japanese: 愉快な |
 Korean: 재미있는 |
 Lithuanian: smagus |
 Latvian: jautrs; dzīvespriecīgs |
 Malay: riang |
 Dutch: joviaal |
 Norwegian: jovial, gemyttlig |
 Polish: jowialny |
 Persian: خوش خلق |
 Pashto: خوشاله، خوښْ، ساتير، ورين |
 Portuguese: jovial |
 Romanian: jovial |
 Russian: весёлый |
 Slovak: veselý |
 Slovenian: veder |
 Serbian: veseo |
 Swedish: jovialisk |
 Thai: เบิกบานใจ; ร่าเริง; สนุกส |
 Turkish: neşeli, güler yüzlü |
 Taiwanese: 愉快的 |
 Ukrainian: веселий |
 Urdu: خوش و خرم |
 Vietnamese: vui tính |
 Chinese: 快活的，愉快的 |
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