joyous
adjective
joyful; happy; jubilant.
joyousness
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a word derived from
joyous.
Example Sentences
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Early in his career, he realized, “I would’ve loved this job when I was 10. I’m getting paid to be a swashbuckler. … This is the joyousness of youth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
“I feel that the Puffy chair and the bed have it to a certain extent — there’s a joyousness about the shapes.”
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
However restrained and methodical her approach is, there is joyousness in her painting as well as formal innovation, pleasure as well as rigour.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2019
That might have been why The National’s Paramount show Tuesday had a joyousness their moody records don’t always approach.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
There was no twinkle in the picture of him, nor any of his inspective joyousness.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
