gayful

comparative more gayful · superlative most gayful

1. Full of gaiety or cheerfulness; cheery; gay; lively.

   Nairobi is a very nice town and people are likeable and gayful.

   1986, Maktaba, volume 9, number 2

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   Although she read about the gayful events of the fifth volume of Hokke Sanju-ko, she was not able to regain self.

   1970, Senʼichi Hisamatsu, Murasaki Shikibu: The Greatest Lady Writer in Japanese Literature

   It was an open square before the earthquake and was left an open square when the rest of the city was rebuilt. The guidebook says of it, 'It has a lively gayful atmosphere, with its cafes and esplanades always crowded with people.'

   1996, Sarah Lawson, A fado for my mother

   Heidegger apparently was blind to the gayful, playful, frolicking, dancing aspects of Nietzsche's writings.

   2000, Ḥayim Gordon, Dwelling Poetically

   “I marshaled all my thoughts today And marched them out in sweet array. The bleachers were of depth and wide And viewed each nod so none could hide. “'Twas a gayful crowd and mighty strong That turned about to dance a song; [...]

   2011, Robert Tosei Osterman, From Chicago to Spinoza

   Synonyms: gaysome