Gladdest

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    superlative form of glad: most glad form-of, superlative

    "I believe there are few who have not, even in their gladdest hours, felt how nearly gaiety and sadness are allied; a shadow steals over the spirits, like a cloud over the moon, soft and subduing, perhaps transitory, but not the less dark for the moment."

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"This is the gladdest I've seen him since his mother died. He'd been in a funk for so long and, God, I was so worried about him."

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