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gladsomer

gladsomer is the comparative form of gladsome.

Meaning of gladsome

Adjective

gladsome (comparative gladsomer, superlative gladsomest)

  1. Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
    • I was not surprised, when I ran down into the hall, to see that a brilliant June morning had succeeded to the tempest of the night; and to feel, through the open glass door, the breathing of a fresh and fragrant breeze. Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IX, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 218

Questions about gladsomer

What is gladsomer the comparative form of?
Gladsomer is the comparative form of gladsome.

Words near gladsomer in the dictionary

  1. Gladsaxe
  2. gladsome
  3. gladsomely
  4. gladsomeness
  5. gladsomenesses
  6. gladsomer
  7. gladsomest
  8. Gladson
  9. Gladsons
  10. Gladstone
  11. Gladstone bag

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