Definition of "in high spirits" []

• Cheerful, happy. (adverb)

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• "They were, and chatting in high spirits with Deece, who'd been seconded to Bantur the night Menolly had walked the tables to become a journeywoman, and with Strud, who'd been posted to a sea hold on Igen River that same night."
• "A very handsome young Briton he looked to - day, in high spirits and a bright-blue frock-coat, the highest mode — his arm no longer in a sling."
• "Otto looked so sad -- usually he was in high spirits -- that most of these early customers spoke to him or to Joe Schwartz about his health."