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How to pronounce festivity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms celebration
Type of diversion, recreation
Has types conviviality, feria, festival, fete, gala, gala affair, jamboree, jollification, ludi saeculares, merrymaking, secular games, agon, victory celebration, blowout
Derivation festive

Examples of festivity

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Truly the teenage girls of Britain are enjoying a golden period of pop festivity.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Fun and festivity await artists at the children's art studio in The Fountains.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The die-hards showed up before dawn to stake out spots ahead of the festivity.
From the sacbee.com
Each festivity is a municipal holiday in the cities and towns where it occurs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Whether festivity, foible or tradition, each small moment is beautifully expressed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Small oak branches with leaves are attached to cars in Latvia during the festivity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Eid al-Fitr is a day of festivity and gift sharing among family and friends.
From the inrich.com
Today, it is mostly pageantry, with a lingering touch of popular festivity.
From the economist.com
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Celebration: any joyous diversion
  • A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community.
  • A festival or similar celebration; the act of showing pleasing satisfaction in such an event; celebration
  • (festivities) The proceedings or events of a festival; celebrations; partying