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gaiety

[gey-i-tee] / ˈgeɪ ɪ ti /


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The general gaiety of the show doesn’t mean the photos here are slight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Just seven blocks over and five blocks up from where the shell casings hit the sidewalk, they gathered for gaiety in a glitzy ballroom.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2025

Beneath the gaiety and carousing ran an undercurrent of anguish: The country remains locked in a ferocious war with Russia.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

"Asteroid City's eccentricity, its elegance, its gaiety, and its sheer profusion of detail within the tableau frame make it such a pleasure," he wrote.

From BBC • May 24, 2023

She was a middle-aged woman, without a trace of flirtatiousness, who walked with a slight shuffle and had lost the unwarranted gaiety that had made her so appealing in her youth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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