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as in cheerfulness
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
rather than mourn our friend's death we celebrated his life, and his memorial service was more notable for its festivity than its funereal gloom
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as in celebration
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding
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as in merrymaking
joyful or festive activity
in keeping with their habit of doing everything in a big way, the couple's wedding will entail a whole weekend of festivity
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Recent Examples of festivity
The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with a VIP hour at Thread + Seed at 7863 Girard Ave., offering refreshments, in-store experiences, live modeling and music.
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Moore and Freundlich’s daughter joined in on the festivities.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The week of festivities celebrates the league’s history, previews the upcoming season, and honors the newest inductees.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Elgin will be holding a multitude of National Night Out festivities starting at 4 and 5 p.m. and running through 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Moore and Freundlich’s daughter joined in on the festivities.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The week of festivities celebrates the league’s history, previews the upcoming season, and honors the newest inductees.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Elgin will be holding a multitude of National Night Out festivities starting at 4 and 5 p.m. and running through 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for festivity
Noun
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John Redcorn conveniently enters with an attractive business proposition: John Redcorn's Red Corn, which the entirety of Rainey Street devours with glee.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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There was a kind of trickster’s glee in his expression.—
Darcy Ballantyne
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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Yet the festival and screenings also underscore AI's evolving democratizing role and its enhancement of human creativity.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The new agreement expands the current relationship into all five verticals of AEG’s business: venues, festivals, touring, the AXS ticketing platform and sports teams, and makes Amex the official payment partner of AEG at 40 properties on four continents.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2025
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Winter Park won state championships in competitive cheer and girls and boys volleyball and piled up 159 points in a system that measures postseason success across all 32 of the FHSAA’s sanctioned sports.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
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From the training room and the dining room and the weight room, there were brief cheers.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Not wrong for much of the last three decades — but Saturday night’s gig, and all the joyous revelry surrounding it, showed why the Live ’25 Tour has been payoff enough for none of them to look back in anger at any of it.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
17 Aug. 2025
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Join in the revelry of Tōhoku’s celebrated summer festivals, most of which take place in late July or early August.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Aug. 2025
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There is no true holiness without merriment, and all true merriment is holy.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The pair will reprise the roles of Jack Cooper and Jessica McFall, who are planning their New Year’s Eve wedding celebration until a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity threatens to upend the festivities and matrimonial merriment.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Festivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festivity. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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