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What does the word joyous mean?

    Part of speech: adverb

  • Joyously.

Usage examples for joyous

  1. Sounds of joyous young life again fill the house, and in a cradle by her side " little Grace" is sleeping. – His Sombre Rivals by E. P. Roe
  2. A few days of repose therefore were indispensable to him before he could make his " joyous entrance" into the capital. – History of the United Netherlands, 1594 by John Lothrop Motley
  3. It was Ruth Tolliver who swung down from the saddle, laughing and joyous from the ride. – Ronicky Doone by Max Brand