festively
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3.3
- adverb
- /ˈfɛstəvli/
:
festivamente
- Dress festively every morning.
- festively decorated
- festively dressed
- festively wrapped
Examples
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Artie the Swede sat at a large oak table in the festively decorated smorgasbord.
Fiction book (1994) -
Do you keep your family festively stylish during the holidays?
Blog text (17) -
It's so festively presented too.
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We had arrived in time for a late lunch and were all sitting around a festively decorated table at a local restaurant.
Fiction book (1992) -
For those that can't see, we're all festively adorned in Christmas jumpers.
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Created and maintained by a local women's club, it is a special oasis for festively marked and colored winged beauties.
Blog text (20) -
... and sat in what appeared to be a full house, festively decorated with Brooklyn-themed signs and banners—no doubt a Spike Lee touch.
Blog text (5) -
There were lures everywhere, gaudy and sharp, some in the ferns, some up in the white birches, others hanging festively off the pines.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Cherry Creek shopping district shimmers with white lights and festively decorated windows.
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I was watching the bride celebrating at the head of the dance line as it festively wound through the tables.
Synonyms
279
1.0
Do something in a cheerful way
23
1.0
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
19
3.0
With great joy and excitement
11
1.1
In a very happy way that shows delight
5
3.0
In a way that shows great happiness and excitement
5
5.2
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
3
2.5
In a happy, friendly way
1
5.3
In a way that shows great joy and excitement
In a friendly, lively, and enjoyable way
In a happy, lively way that shows joy
Antonyms
How Festive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Festively comes from festive, which goes back to the Latin festus meaning 'feast' or 'festival', and the ending -ly makes it describe how something is done. So, to do something festively is to do it like a happy party, with joy and celebration.