gleeful

  • 1Gleeful — Glee ful, a. Merry; gay; joyous. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2gleeful — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3gleeful — 1580s, from GLEE (Cf. glee) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Gleefully. Alternative gleesome attested from c.1600 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4gleeful — [adj] very happy blithe, blithesome, boon, cheerful, delighted, elated, exalted, exuberant, exultant, frolicsome, gay, gratified, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleased,… …

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  • 5gleeful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. DERIVATIVES gleefully adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6gleeful — [glē′səmglē′fəl] adj. full of glee; merry: also Now Rare gleesome [glē′səm] gleefully adv. gleefulness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 7gleeful — [[t]gli͟ːfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is gleeful is happy and excited, often because of someone else s bad luck. [WRITTEN] He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be. Derived words: gleefully ADV GRADED ADV with v I… …

    English dictionary

  • 8gleeful — adjective Date: 1586 full of glee ; merry < gleeful laughter > • gleefully adverb • gleefulness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9gleeful — glee|ful [ˈgli:fəl] adj very excited and satisfied ▪ a gleeful laugh &GT;gleefully adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10gleeful — glee|ful [ glifl ] adjective happy and excited, often because of someone else s bad luck: She gave a gleeful chuckle. ╾ glee|ful|ly adverb …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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