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# jovial

adjective (more jovial, most jovial)

«jovial» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Jovial means cheerful, friendly and merry in mood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jovial/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, a jovial person is a happy, laughing character, often a kind host or a king

### Examples

- The jovial old man told funny jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jovial/#x1)
- The king moved with jovial impatience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jovial/#x2)
- After the feast everyone was in a jovial mood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jovial/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jovial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jovial/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jovial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jovial.html) on Mova free.