gladful
adjEtymology From Middle English gladful, equivalent to glad + -ful.
1
Full of gladness; happy; full of joy.
- ornaments, King Ryence caused to be hanged hy In his chiefe Church, for endlesse moniments Of his successe and gladfull victory [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- I was relieved and sorry, gladful and hurt.2004, Cheryl J. Franklin, Tales of the Taormin:
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- And it's that gladful repetition that music and Word together can enhance in bringing praise to God.2008, George Brown, Jr., Herman J. Ridder:
- Synonyms
- joyful
- Derived terms
- gladfully, gladfulness