jovially

1. 1.

   in a jovial manner

   “he greeted his friend jovially”

Questions about jovially

What does jovially mean?

jovially means "in a jovial manner".

How many syllables are in jovially?

jovially has 4 syllables: jo-vi-al-ly. The stress falls on "vi".

Is jovially a common word?

jovially is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.