delightful
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- delightfully adverb
- delightfulness noun
- undelightful adjective
- undelightfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of delightful
Example Sentences
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This is play, not pressure—a small, joyful bit of role-playing that makes the gift feel special for the receiver, and surprisingly delightful for the person making it, too.
From Salon
Other animated highlights include repeats of the delightful screen adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, and Christmas classic The Snowman.
From BBC
Written and directed by comedian Joey Clift, this delightful short trains a humorous lens on a young boy named Jake who attends his first powwow when he’d much rather just play video games.
From Salon
Based on the novel by the pseudonymous Freida McFadden, “The Housemaid” is a delightful hall of mirrors in which reality turns out to be subject to infinite modification.
He’s positively delightful here, whether being overprotective of Deschanel or suffering her ministrations, dancing around Curtis, or fencing with Jake Johnson’s Nick.
From Los Angeles Times
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