Delightful
[dɪ'laɪtfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [dɪ'laɪtfl]
Definition
(adj.) greatly pleasing or entertaining; 'a delightful surprise'; 'the comedy was delightful'; 'a delicious joke' .
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Definition
(a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Charming, enchanting, ravishing, very agreeable, highly pleasing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DELIGHT]
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Examples
- There was some delightful naked irony in Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And it was so delightful that this higher degree of sympathy should be reached through their interest in Lily Bart! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And really, after a day or two of confusion worse confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the chaos ourselves had made. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Why, its delightful! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was delightful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvellous fiction, delightful sometimes, and sad sometimes, almost always unreal. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You must stay and meet him, Maurice, for I hear he is a most delightful man. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Harriet could not long resist so delightful a persuasion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There was a means, too, of rendering her delightful, by inducing her to take her guitar and sing and play. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is so delightful that you should live at the cottage! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And how well that delightful old soul Mrs. Rouncewell is looking. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I walked there, and I walked back, and I had the most delightful time! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You will find the climate delightful and beautiful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Such a delightful evening as it would have been! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I had a delightful letter from her, only this morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is a delightful language. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mrs. Smallridge, a most delightful woman! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Nothing could be more delightful! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Delightful prospect, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is delightful—but duty? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At teatime they compared notes, and all agreed that it had been a delightful, though unusually long day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He maintained all his delightful qualities to the last, until we started forth, at eight o'clock, for Mr. Peggotty's boat. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I said it was delightful, and I dare say it was; but it was all Dora to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Charming place, though, and delightful people. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Surely our delightful Raffaello's conception is infinitely preferable? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She should have change, fresh air, gaiety; the most delightful remedies in the pharmacopoeia, Mr. Clump said, grinning and showing his handsome teeth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A delightful rehearsal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The art of being cruel, kind, merry, sad, delightful, yet tormenting. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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