gleeful
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Gleeful, giddy, earnest and encouraging, adamant yet never authoritarian.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024
Gleeful, as defined in the dictionary, suggests a sense of merriment, jocularity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
Gleeful film buffs and indie filmmakers came together Thursday for the grand-opening bash for Alamo Drafthouse’s new theater in downtown Los Angeles’ the Bloc shopping center.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019
Gleeful fans chanted his name in the fourth while he grinned from the bench, clearly delighted that his junior team-mates rose to the occasion, with seven players in double figures.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016
Gleeful, Zarra reaches into her tote and pulls out a magazine.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing gleeful
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