Definition of "gleeful" []

• Full of jubilant delight; joyful. (adjective)

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• "We were all around his age — pre-pubescent, and reedy-voiced and when we sang along to the song — no knock on Jermaine, Jackie and the rest — but it was Michael's parts we sang in gleeful, screechy unison."
• "I was with the woman who was my mate, picnicking in gleeful abandon."
• "I rubbed my bruised brow and gazed with reproachful inquiry at Paul, who was laughing in gleeful, boyish fashion."