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jovial
/ˈdʒoʊ vi əl/
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full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jovial meaning(s)
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- (adj) full of or showing high-spirited merriment
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- In Peiping jovial Feng flatly denied that Japanese with bombing planes have recaptured Dolonnor.
- Everybody noted, regretted, the absence of jovial, concise, dapper Henry de Jouvenel, recently resigned.
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joviality
/ˌdʒəʊ vɪ ˈæ lɪ tɪ/
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feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
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jovially
in a jovial manner
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jovian
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of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter
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jovian planet
any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than…
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jowett
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English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle…
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jowl
/ˈdʒaʊl/
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the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
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jowly
/ˈdʒaʊ li/
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having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
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joy
/ˈdʒɔ ɪ/
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the emotion of great happiness
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joyce
/ˈdʒɔ ɪs/
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influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of…
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joyce carol oates
United States writer (born in 1938)
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joyful
/ˈdʒɔ ɪ fəl/
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full of or producing joy
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joyfully
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in a joyous and gleeful manner
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joyfulness
the emotion of great happiness
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joyless
not experiencing or inspiring joy
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joylessly
in a joyless manner; without joy
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joylessness
a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
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joyous
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full of or characterized by joy
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joyously
in a joyous and gleeful manner
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joyousness
the emotion of great happiness
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joyride
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a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
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joystick
/ˈdʒɔ ɪ ˌstɪk/
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a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an…
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jr
/ˈdʒun jər/
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a son who has the same first name as his father
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jr.
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used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish…