gladsome
adjective
giving or causing joy; delightful.
gladsomely
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a word derived from
gladsome.
Example Sentences
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Here, in a substantial family chaise, setting forth betimes to take advantage of the dewy road, come a gentleman and his wife, with their rosy-cheeked little girl sitting gladsomely between them.
From The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Shall I in Walhalla be greeted gladsomely by a woman?"
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
It was a most merry summer day; all nature moving gladsomely to the full music of life.
From Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories by Sophie May Farman
And Julio is chanting to his bride, A merry song of his wild heart, that died On the soft breeze through pinks beside the sea, All rustling in their beauty gladsomely.
From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Andrew Lang
"Similar thoughts has smote my colossal intellect, Butch!" responded the bean-pole Hicks, gladsomely.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
