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gladder Definition


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glad1
adj gladder, gladdest
    1. Happy or pleased.
      Example: I'm glad you liked your present
      Thesaurus: happy, joyous, delighted, gratified, pleased, jovial, blithe, gay, jocund.
      Form: glad about something (sometimes)
    2. Grateful for it.
      Example: I was glad of your support
      Form: glad of something
    3. Very willing.
      Example: We are glad to help
      Thesaurus: willing, inclined, amenable, eager, disposed.
    4. old use
      Bringing happiness.
      Example: glad tidings
Derivative: gladly
adverb
    Derivative: gladness
    noun
      The feeling or state of being happy or pleased
        Thesaurus: happiness, mirth, delight, joy, glee, blitheness, gaiety, brightness; Antonym: sadness.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon glæd.



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