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Fest +‎ -lich. Compare English feastly.

festlich (strong nominative masculine singular festlicher, comparative festlicher, superlative am festlichsten)

  1. festive

Positive forms of festlich

Comparative forms of festlich

Superlative forms of festlich

  • “festlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “festlich” in Duden online
  • “festlich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

fest +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

festlich

  1. festive; fond of festivity
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 280-281:

      He moste han knowen love and his servyse,
      And been a festlich man as fresh as May,       [...]

      He must have known love and its service,
      And be a convivial man as gay as May, [...]