gladsome

adj.
Causing or showing gladness or joy: a gladsome occasion; a gladsome smile.

gladsomely glad'some·ly adv.

(GLAD-suhm)

adjective
Causing or showing joy.

Etymology
From Old English gloed. Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine) that is also the source of words such as yellow, gold, glimmer, glimpse, glass, arsenic, melancholy, and cholera

Usage
"The gladsome light of Jurisprudence." — Edward Coke; The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; 1628; quoted in The Yale Book of Quotations.

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adjective

Marked by festal celebration: festive, gala, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, merry. See happy/unhappy.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: experiencing or expressing gladness or joy

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