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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The birches in the hollow waved joyful hands as if watching for Anne’s usual morning greeting from the east gable.
Sir William and Lady Lucas were speedily applied to for their consent; and it was bestowed with a most joyful alacrity.
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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