jovially

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.ə.li/
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.ə.li/
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From jovial + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives). Jovial is borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: leppoisasti — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Finnish: lupsakasti — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Finnish: veikeästi — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Georgian: მხიარულად (mxiarulad) — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Italian: giovialmente — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Latin: geniāliter — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Latvian: dzīvespriecīgi — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Polish: jowialnie — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Polish: swawolnie — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Portuguese: prazenteiramente — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Lower Sorbian: wjasele — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Spanish: jovialmente — in a jovial manner — see also merrily
• Telugu: ఉల్లాసముగా (ullāsamugā) — in a jovial manner — see also merrily