Definition of "convival" [con•viv•al]

• Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial. (adjective)

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• "Smith tells us that Quin and Hayman were inseparable friends, and so convival, that they seldom parted till daylight."
• "Young Gainsborough, who spent three years amid the works of the painters in St. Martin's-lane, Hayman, and Cipriani, who were all eminently convival, were, in all probability, frequenters of Slaughter's."
• "I really couldn't tell you whether that's true, though it sounds mildly plausible and A-OK by me, not being the world's biggest fan of "convival elites.""