joyful
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/ adjective B1- Feeling or causing joy. · The children were joyful on the first day of summer break.· Her joyful smile lit up the room.
Comparative joyfuller · Superlative joyfullest
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“Ah, is it you, count?” said the young man, in an almost joyful accent, pressing Monte Cristo’s hand with both his own.
“Yes, yes, yes,” signed the paralytic, casting on Valentine a look of joyful gratitude for having guessed his meaning.
Monte Cristo uttered a joyful exclamation on seeing the young men together.
Twenty-four years ago I returned, proud and joyful, to my country.
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