glee·ful

(glē′fəl)

adj.

Full of jubilant delight; joyful.

glee′ful·ly adv.

glee′ful·ness n.

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Noun

gleefulness - great merriment

glee, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness

gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling

gleefulness

noun

A state of joyful exuberance:

blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness.

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