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joviality

[joh-vee-al-i-tee] / ˌdʒoʊ viˈæl ɪ ti /


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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 May 6, 2025

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

For all Dave Grohl’s grinning joviality, it’s easy to forget that his long-running rock group Foo Fighters was, initially, a solo project born of grief.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 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

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




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