delightful
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: de‧light‧ful
Adjective
delightful (comparative more delightful, superlative most delightful)
- Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed 'to save notepaper') and enter into the delightful pastime of 'a chicken from Mr Whiteley's'.
Alternative forms
Translations
pleasant; pleasing
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