Howard E. Wasdin

People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.

American Soldier

Kelly Price

When I first came into the business, I had to, for the sake of being able to sell myself as an artist, always be happy and jovial and smiling. I was the happy nice girl, and I am the happy nice girl, but I have my moments, too.

American Musician

Charles Dickens

Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas.

English Novelist

Washington Irving

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

American Writer

Grant Shapps

I've always been tenacious. I don't let go of things until I think it's fixed. On the other hand I'm a fairly jovial, smiley person.

British Politician

Danai Gurira

A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

American Actress

Michael McIntyre

Maybe people just can't cope with how jovial I am.

English Comedian

Sudeep

I am very jovial. I don't like to be serious.

Indian Actor

Eddy Merckx

Vikram

Use 'jovial' to describe someone showing high-spirited and genuinely happy emotions.

Positive Emotion

'Jovial' is often used in social situations where people are interacting in a friendly and cheerful manner.

Social Contexts

Be aware that 'jovial' isn't used for forced or sarcastic happiness; it indicates genuine joy.

Not Sarcastic

 to follow them all into the woods, in the hope of winning Demetrius’ heart. At this point, the woods are getting crowded, as the lovers are sharing the space with a group of “rude mechanicals”— a troupe of workers drunkenly rehearsing a play, led by the jovial Nick Bottom.

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 And like clockwork, the same group of men would be there every time we went, either waiting on their favorite barber or just soaking up the atmosphere. I can remember the jovial greeting that warmly welcomed us every time we went.

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 bellies this wasn't their first kill of the night but rather their last their behavior was playful and jovial as one female conducted the serious business of moving the carcass to a suitable area