gaiety
noun
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
gaieties
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pluralof gaiety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A Kennedy campaign always had the hereweareagain gaieties, that Irish quality of politics as frolic, overlaid with a unique elegance and a ruthlessness that advanced upon you with the brightest of teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
But how do you know about those gaieties of Aleman and his pals?
From Time Magazine Archive
Encouraged by the shouts, cheery or derisive, of Provincetown's Portuguese fishermen, the fleet then set out across Massachusetts Bay for Marblehead, for the first formal gaieties of the cruise.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was reported that in Manhattan, at the height of the gaieties of a Russian ball, a toy balloon, playfully 'touched with a lighted cigarette, exploded, set fire to my hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three ministers, Edlerkopf, Pfenig, and Wild Kranz, with their wives and children, joined heart and soul in the gaieties of the evening.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
