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Meaning of "festively" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FESTIVELY

festively  [ˈfɛstɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FESTIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Festively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FESTIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of festively in the English dictionary

The definition of festively in the dictionary is in a way that is suitable for Christmas.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FESTIVELY


alternatively
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
comparatively
kəmˈpærətɪvlɪ
contrastively
kənˈtrɑːstɪvlɪ
costively
ˈkɒstɪvlɪ
creatively
krɪˈeɪtɪvlɪ
cumulatively
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪvlɪ
digestively
daɪˈdʒɛstɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
exhaustively
ɪɡˈzɔːstɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
intempestively
ˌɪntemˈpestɪvlɪ
negatively
ˈneɡətɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
relatively
ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ
resistively
rɪˈzɪstɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
restively
ˈrɛstɪvlɪ
selectively
sɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ
suggestively
səˈdʒɛstɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FESTIVELY

festilogy
festina lente
festinate
festinately
festination
festival
Festival Hall
Festival of Lanterns
festivalgoer
festive
festive season
festiveness
festivities
festivity
festivous
festoon
festoon blind
festoonery
festschrift
festschriften

WORDS THAT END LIKE FESTIVELY

actively
aggressively
collaboratively
competitively
comprehensively
consecutively
definitively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
impressively
intensively
intuitively
lively
lovely
massively
progressively
qualitatively
quantitatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of festively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «festively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FESTIVELY

Find out the translation of festively to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of festively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «festively» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

节日气氛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

festivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

festively
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्सव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البهيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

празднично
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

festivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

festively
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour la fête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

festlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

お祭り気分で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축제로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Festively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

festively
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

festively
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्सवपूर्वक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

festively
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świątecznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

святково
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

festiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανηγυρικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feestelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

festively
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

festlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of festively

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTIVELY»

The term «festively» is regularly used and occupies the 69.834 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTIVELY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «festively» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «festively» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about festively

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FESTIVELY»

Discover the use of festively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to festively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Music and Gender
The groom's procession is welcomed festively (the bride is hidden). The guests are treated to food and drink; the bride is brought to the table (the ritual headwear uig covers her face). The bride is ceremonially seen off from the parental home.
Pirkko Moisala, Beverley Diamond, 2000
2
Programming with Mathematica®: An Introduction
StringReplace [words , RegularExpression [ "\\b (\\w) "] :9 ToLowerCase [ "$1"]] 0111115]: {festively, frolicking , subcategories , retreated, recompiling, barbary, herefords , geldings, norbert , incalculably , proselytizers , topmast} To change the ...
Paul Wellin, 2013
3
The Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, ...
festively. and. protected. its. venerable. boundaries. 57. 58. The Salians moving the ancilia, both third to second century B.C. After the sardonyx of Attius and a cornelian in the Louvre. Paris Notes 1 Summaries of the discussion are available in ...
Joseph Rykwert, 2013
4
Grammar, Usage & Mechanics Grade 3
Hart, Teacher Created Materials Inc. Adverbs. (cont.) Fill in the blanks with adverbs to complete the following sentences. The first one has been done for you . 1. Tony and Jim like to decorate the house. festively. for Christmas. 2. They ...
Hart, Teacher Created Materials Inc, 2002
5
Black Enterprise
Festively. French. Joan and Charles Liverpool Queens Village, N.Y. Gerard Maziel Jennings, La. We were lucky and smart enough to dash off to the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe for the last few days of FESTAG '86. We read about the ...
6
Magic Kitten and Magic Puppy: A Christmas Surprise and Snowy ...
Two festively fun books in one!
Sue Bentley, 2011
7
Fraud at Snowfields
All of them were brightly and festively decorated with red ribbons, ties, golden and silver bells, and fir garlands. Four proud reindeer were hitched in front of each sleigh. They were also outfitted most festively with shiny, brown tack with silver ...
Daniel Klock, 2013
8
Courtly Culture: Literature and Society in the High Middle Ages
They ordered their group festively."65 At the head of the train were pack animals, followed by chargers. Then came squires (bescheliere 70.25) with the banners of all the lords in the train. Next came the pages on horseback, and then the ...
Joachim Bumke, 1991
9
A Season Forgotten
Not exactly enough for a feast, she reflected glumly. Elena Ceausescu, I doubt if she is standing in a line, and she and Nicolae will be dining a trifle more festively. In Timisoara the Florea family, thanks to Mihai's Agriculture Ministry position, ...
Mike Johnson, 2013
10
Without Authority
14 Then she goes festively to the dinner — indeed, who would have guessed what her errand was or what her entrance into that house meant to her! She, however, fully understands that she herself is able to do nothing. Instead of perhaps ...
Søren Kierkegaard, Howard Vincent Hong, Edna Hatlestad Hong, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FESTIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term festively is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New growth on a healthy foundation - Bluefield Daily Telegraph …
Every December it stands festively adorned among all the other naked trees planted in honor of loved ones, which so far haven't been dressed ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Barn party, bon voyage, wedding bells - Stowe Today: Blogs
I hosted my first summer dinner party last night on our newly updated deck, festively lit with string lights and citronella. Total guest count: 2. «Stowe Today, Jul 15»
3
Music fest, mermaids head to to Asbury Park - Asbury Park Press
In keeping with the festively aquatic theme, Saturday also marks the return of the Asbury Park Surf Music Festival. Launched last year by ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
4
Fun on the Fourth
There were a record-setting 38 pontoons and boats festively decorated for the Independence Day observance. Some of the themes were ... «Osakis Review, Jul 15»
5
Basil, the king of herbs, reigns over every course
The basil sugar along the rim gave the drink a festively sweet complexity, and club soda to top it off kept the drink light and perfect for the ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
Review: 'The Tempest' Brings Music and Spirits to Marcus Garvey Park
But it's the straw top hat, adorned with a tiny skull and tied festively with dried grass, that makes Ron Cephas Jones's lonely Prospero look ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
From Television Reporter to Mom
... with a skeleton crew: me, myself and I. The technical term is "one-man band," which festively translates to mean lug fifty pounds of equipment, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Standalone photo: Bob and Janice Ronningen hosts a birthday party …
The group of 10 St. Augustine senior citizens met poolside at the Ronningen's home, which was festively decorated for the occasion. In addition ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
9
Of Mice and Men's Andrew Henry packs on 20kg for weighty role
"I've been festively plump for about a year," Gooley says. "So my process has been quite simple compared to Andrew's – less Menulog, more ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
A tale guaranteed to make you yawn
replied the other customers, reclining in their chairs, stretched out under festively decorated smocks intended to shield them from snippets of ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»

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