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# gleeful

adjective (gleeful, more gleeful, most gleeful)

«gleeful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Gleeful means full of joy, often a little mischievous or pleased with oneself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a gleeful feast is a happy, merry feast; the word describes a mood, not a count

### Examples

- So he prepared a great and gleeful feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/#x1)
- The gleeful children splashed in the puddles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/#x2)
- She gave a gleeful laugh when she won the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/#x3)
- The cat looked gleeful after the mouse escaped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gleeful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleeful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gleeful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gleeful.html) on Mova free.