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festivally

festivally adjective: resembling or characteristic of a festival.

Adjective

festivally (comparative more festivally, superlative most festivally)

  1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
    • So you're much more part of the community if you go out and do festivally things.2016, Jodie Taylor, Andy Bennett, The Festivalization of Culture, page 120

Adverb

festivally (comparative more festivally, superlative most festivally)

  1. (obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
    • These three days of Byram they spend festivally, rejoicing with abundance of illuminations all night, shooting of guns, and fireworks flying in the air; for they reckon that all their sins are now done away, […]1857, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, page 346

Forms of festivally

Adjective
comparativemore festivally
superlativemost festivally
Adverb
comparativemore festivally
superlativemost festivally

Questions about festivally

What does festivally mean?
Festivally means resembling or characteristic of a festival.
What part of speech is festivally?
Festivally can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near festivally in the dictionary

  1. festivalization
  2. festivalize
  3. festivalized
  4. festivalizes
  5. festivalizing
  6. festivally
  7. festivals
  8. festivalwear
  9. festive
  10. festive season
  11. festive seasons

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