Definition of "riant" []

• Cheerful; mirthful. (adjective)

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• "Fel 'hen' riant o'r ardal, fe fedra i ei sicrhau nad Plaid Cymru sydd wrth wraidd yr sefyllfa hynod anffodus hon ond yn hytrach rhes o weinyddiaethau Llafur Caerdydd a ddistyrodd y galw am addysg Gymraeg."
• "Amongst the rest, he descried a city ordered after the fairest fashion in the midst of a verdant and riant land, rich in trees and streams, with gazelles pacing daintily over the plains; whereat he fell a-musing and said to himself, Would"
• "Now when she ended her lines, she mounted and they set forward with her, crossing and cutting over wold and wild and riant dale and rugged hill, till they came to the shore of the Sea of"