jovially UK /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.ə.li/US /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.ə.li/ adverb2 •In a jovial (“cheerful and good-humoured”) manner; jollily, merrily.Life there was at its usual nocturnal ferment. A few of the men were jovially drunk, a few of them savagely so. — 1887 •(no longer used) Under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter. formsmore jovially · most jovially