gladsome
adjective
giving or causing joy; delightful.
gladsomeness
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a word derived from
gladsome.
Example Sentences
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Alas! is this world so very bright that we can afford to choke up such a domestic fountain of gladsomeness, and sit down by its darkened source without being conscious of a gloom?
From Fire Worship (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Then let us rise above all imperfection, and set our heart, as I said, on true virtues, which are of such joy and gladsomeness as tongue could not tell.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Saint of Siena Catherine
You sink down in a flowery spot on the borders of sleep and wakefulness, while your thoughts rise before you in pictures, all disconnected, yet all assimilated by a pervading gladsomeness and beauty.
From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
She played a little Nevin, played it with a lightness, gladsomeness, he had never felt in her touch before.
From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell
She sang like a bird for very gladsomeness.
From Remember the Alamo by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
