jovially
Example Sentences
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Making the rounds of TV talk shows, she jovially defended her old-fashioned lifestyle and dubbed herself an endangered species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
If that's a dig at his bandmate, its meant jovially.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
It’s a countryish song with south-of-the border touches like marimba and flutes, a style jovially summed up as “Gulf and Western.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
There was a time when you could walk into Zeitgeist, a notorious dive bar in San Francisco, and be certain to see Isaac Fitzgerald jovially drinking there — and, some time later, working the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Uncle Vernon now came in, smiling jovially as he shut the door.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
