gladsome
adjective
giving or causing joy; delightful.
gladsomely
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a word derived from
gladsome.
Example Sentences
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"Shall I in Walhalla be greeted gladsomely by a woman?"
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
But she was dressed in breeches and a slouch hat, a cigarette hung from the corner of her mouth, and she beckoned April gladsomely with an immense cowthong whip.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
"Oh, just leave it to Hicks!" quoth he, gladsomely.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
"Similar thoughts has smote my colossal intellect, Butch!" responded the bean-pole Hicks, gladsomely.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
The King's lazy blood was stirred and his eye kindled finely, for the spirit of war was away down in him somewhere, and a frank, bold speech always found it and made it tingle gladsomely.
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Mark Twain
