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Festively

Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See feast, and cf. Festivous.] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.

The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall.
--Thomson.

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festively

adv. In a festive manner

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My hired suit looked even more festively clownish, in the floodlights of day.