joyful
adjective
full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
joyfulness
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a word derived from
joyful.
Example Sentences
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They have always viewed the game as a gift from their creator and approach it with joyfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The presenter and former tennis player says she's doing Strictly for the "joyfulness and learning new steps".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
Written in three movements with an ancient Greek-inspired text by Friedrich Hölderlin, “Schicksalslied” descends from radiant joyfulness into dark despair before resolving into something akin to solace.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
“From a really dark setting, you can lean into joyfulness and playfulness. You can extract that from the darkness, you can take refuge in it.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
She was the shimmering culmination of all her ancestors’ strife, joyfulness, and struggle.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
