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jovially

adv
/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.ə.li/UK/ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.ə.li/US

Etymology

From jovial + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives). Jovial is borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

  1. derived from *dyew-✻ — “to be bright; heaven, sky”
  2. derived from ioviālis — “relating to the Roman god Jupiter”
  3. derived from gioviale — “jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”
  4. derived from jovial — “jolly, jovial”

Definitions

  1. Under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter.

  2. In a jovial (“cheerful and good-humoured”) manner

    In a jovial (“cheerful and good-humoured”) manner; jollily, merrily.

    • After they had put their Affairs in a proper Diſpoſition aboard, they went ashore to a little Village for Refreshments, and lived jovially the remaining Part of the Day, at a Tavern, spending three Pistols, and then departed.

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