riant

adj.
Cheerful; mirthful.

[French, present participle of rire, to laugh, from Old French, from Latin rīdēre.]

(RI-uhnt)

adjective
Smiling, cheerful.

Etymology
From French riant, present participle of rire (to laugh), from Latin ridere (to laugh)

Usage
"The Audley girls became the idols, the stars, the queens of our corps. Sunshine, the eldest, with her riant smile, her radiant eyes ..." — Ouida; Randolph Gordon and Other Stories; Lippincott; 1867.

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mirthful, gay

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
  Synonym: laughing

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