jovial

adjectiveISEE/SSAT medium word/ˈdʒoʊ.vi.əl/

Meaning: cheerful and friendly

jovial in a sentence

How jovial is used in real sentences:

Grandpa's jovial laugh filled the room.

“His jovial jokes about snowmen joining the orchestra steadied her while he called a taxi.”
— from the passage The White Road

Other words for jovial — merry, jolly and genial — carry the same meaning.

Words that mean the opposite of jovial:

From Latin Jovialis 'of Jupiter' (Jupiter = happy, expansive planet)

JOV-ial sounds like JOY-full.