festivity
Pronunciations (2)
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/fɛˈstɪvəti/
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/fɛˈstɪvɪti/
Noun
A festival or similar celebration.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Examples
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Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.
[…] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]
More examples (1)
The real reason for these subdued responses was the fact that the audience knew it would be a fight to the finish; they were saving their screams for the posedown festivities to come.
An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Noun
any joyous diversion
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Word forms
festivities