Festively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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