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  • 21jovial — jolly, jocund, *merry, blithe Analogous words: jocular, jocose, facetious, humorous, *witty: genial, sociable, affable (see GRACIOUS): good natured, *amiable: bantering, chaffing, jollying, joshing (see BANTER vb) Contrasted words: saturnine,… …

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  • 22jovial — [adj] happy affable, airy, amiable, animated, bantering, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, buoyant, chaffing, cheery, chipper, chirpy, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festal, festive,… …

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  • 23jovial — (Del lat. Ioviālis). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a Jove o Júpiter. 2. Alegre, festivo, apacible …

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  • 24jovial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ cheerful and friendly. DERIVATIVES joviality noun jovially adverb. ORIGIN Latin jovialis of Jupiter , with reference to the supposed influence of the planet Jupiter on those born under it …

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  • 25jovial — [jō′vē əl] adj. [Fr < LL Jovialis, of Jupiter < L Jovis: see JOVE] 1. [J ] JOVIAN 2. full of hearty, playful good humor; genial and cheerful: from the astrological notion that people born under the sign of Jupiter are joyful joviality… …

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  • 26JOVIAL (programming language) — Infobox programming language name = JOVIAL logo = paradigm = procedural, imperative, structured year = 1960 designer = System Development Corporation developer = latest release version = latest release date = latest test version = latest test… …

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  • 27Jovial (watch) — Brand Jovial= Jovial is a Swiss manufacturer of watches, with headquarters in Biel, Switzerland. Formed in 1929, Mohamed Dabaan is the current CEO [cite web | title = JOVIAL: “It’s Another World” | url =… …

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  • 28jovial — jovially, adv. jovialness, n. /joh vee euhl/, adj. 1. endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host. 2. (cap.) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter. [1580 90; < ML&#8230; …

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  • 29jovial — (Del lat. iovialis, perteneciente a Júpiter.) ► adjetivo 1 Que está normalmente contento y lo exterioriza: ■ tiene un carácter muy jovial. SINÓNIMO alegre 2 Se aplica al tono, actitud, aspecto alegre y risueño. 3 MITOLOGÍA De Júpiter, dios romano …

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  • 30jovial — jo|vi|al [jo vi̯a:l] &LT;Adj.&GT;: (meist in Bezug auf Männer) im Umgang mit niedriger Stehenden betont wohlwollend: sein Vorgesetzter ist ein sehr jovialer Mensch; jmdn. jovial begrüßen, auf die Schulter klopfen. Syn.: ↑ freundlich, 1↑ herzlich …

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