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conviviality (countable and uncountable, plural convivialities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being convivial; a feeling of comfort and happiness, as from celebrating casually with friends.

   He's easy to talk to because of his conviviality.

   • 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 8:

     He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality.

2. (uncountable) A jovial activity or spirit, marked by easy and lively socializing; a hospitable and festive atmosphere.

   We're old friends, so once we started talking, the evening gained an air of conviviality.

   • 2023 October 23, Editorial Board, “Saying, ‘Hello, neighbor’ at Halloween”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Keeping a relationship over social media just is not the same as experiencing in-person conviviality.

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