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overjoyed

/ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ adjective B1
  1. Very happy. · Fans were overjoyed at / by the sight of their team handing the visitors such a decisive defeat.· After a long, arduous trek, we were overjoyed to catch sight of our destination at last.
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He would be overjoyed.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 48 · B2
Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 40 · B2
“My dear chap, I’m overjoyed to see you.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · C1
The whole family in short were properly overjoyed on the occasion.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 143 · B2

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