gleeful
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blithe, blithesome, festive, gay, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny
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And when the show did start, a barefoot Buffett was just as gleeful as his most animated (and decorated) fans. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Heat wave and storms pass before Jimmy Buffett's joyous return to Alpine Valley Music Theatre," 21 July 2019 In the 1930s and '40s, Dorothy Toy and Paul Wing lit up stages around the world, dazzling audiences with their acrobatic, gleeful footwork. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Remembering Dorothy Toy, a Dazzling Asian-American Tap Dance Star," 5 Aug. 2019 The answers are now being served, with gleeful enthusiasm, at 102 Dauphin Street. — al, "Squid Ink happens: Downtown Mobile gets new flavors," 5 Aug. 2019 The ritual music—which is usually performed at weddings and at important life events or simply around the house—rings out in a gleeful call-and-response. — National Geographic, "Music in Morocco: The ultimate sonic journey," 23 July 2019 Ogunmola’s Viola is consistently assured, while Sabra Williams’ saucy Maria, Lorenzo Gonzalez’s boozy Sir Toby Belch, and Xavi Moreno’s doofus-y Sir Andrew Aguecheek are as gleeful a group of plotters as ever pulled a prank on a gullible dupe. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: A ‘Twelfth Night’ to outrage Shakespeare purists with delightful defilement for the rest of us," 28 July 2019 Also, as visceral and homicidal as Dourif’s vocals are, Hamill takes it to the next level, giving Chucky a heartfelt bent at first that twists into gleeful evil as the doll goes off the rails and hatches a superstore showdown with his human enemies. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Who's scarier in 'Child's Play': The original Chucky or Mark Hamill's devil doll?," 20 June 2019 But my baptism came on a gleeful school trip to north Wales spent bouldering among the granite crannies of Snowdonia. — National Geographic, "Why the world’s most daunting mountains inspire me," 11 Apr. 2019 Underneath the gleeful horror is a commentary on our dependence and the interconnectivity of our devices. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, "New ‘Child’s Play’ full of seriously scary fun," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gleeful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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