Usually means: In a celebratory, joyful, decorative manner.
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  1. festively: Merriam-Webster
  2. festively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. festively: Collins English Dictionary
  4. festively: Vocabulary.com
  5. festively: Wordnik
  6. festively: Wiktionary
  7. festively: Dictionary.com
  8. festively: FreeDictionary.org
  9. festively: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In a festive manner

Similar:
festally, festivally, feastfully, unfestively, celebratorily, decoratively, ceremonially, cheerfully, gayfully, fashionably, more...

Opposite:
dismally, somberly, gloomily

Types:
joyously, cheerfully, mirthfully, merrily, glad, happy, more...

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Similar:
festally, festivally, feastfully, unfestively, celebratorily, decoratively, ceremonially, cheerfully, gayfully, fashionably, more...

Opposite:
dismally, somberly, gloomily

Types:
joyously, cheerfully, mirthfully, merrily, glad, happy, more...



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