51Թ

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delightful

[dih-lahyt-fuhl]

adjective

  1. giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing.

    a delightful surprise.

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delightful

/ ɪˈɪٴʊ /

adjective

  1. giving great delight; very pleasing, beautiful, charming, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • delightfully adverb
  • delightfulness noun
  • undelightful adjective
  • undelightfully adverb
  • ˈٴڳܱ adverb
  • ˈٴڳܱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delightful1

First recorded in 1520–30; delight + -ful
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To qualify, he and a friend participated in a so-called Game Jam, where they had to design a game in three days around a theme; in this case, what they considered delightful.

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The performance is elaborate and delightful and impeccably choreographed, with Hiddleston doing long-legged strides as though he’s the second coming of Christopher Walken.

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“Then there’s a particular part of the end. Yes, the war cry is delightful to sing,” she says, referring to the heroic vocal lick that brings down the curtain on Part 1 of the movie.

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But then, in an ambitious move that brings a delightful element of camp to the novel, he abandons that relatively safe and simple premise in favor of an exercise in maximalism.

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Perfectly sticky, sweet-savory, and exactly what I wanted after a long travel day—they were a surprisingly delightful introduction to the Loews Atlanta Hotel.

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