Glee
[gliː] or [ɡli]
Definition
(n.) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
(n.) Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
(n.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Merriment, mirth, gayety, joviality, jollity, exhilaration, liveliness, sportiveness, jocularity, hilarity.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GLAD]
Typist: Paul
Definition
n. joy: mirth and gaiety: (mus.) a song or catch in parts.—adj. Glee′ful merry.—ns. Glee′maid′en a female minstrel; Glee′man a minstrel.—adj. Glee′some merry.
Checker: Shari
Examples
- Evelyn was the only mirthful creature present: he sat on Clara's lap; and, making matter of glee from his own fancies, laughed aloud. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I will not deny that it was with a secret glee I watched her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The glee began. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And Charley, with another short laugh of the purest glee, made her eyes very round again and looked as serious as became my maid. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She did not again yield to any effervescence of glee; the infantine sparkle was exhaled for the night: she was soft, thoughtful, and docile. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Look at them with their hooked beaks, Becky said, getting into the buggy, her picture under her arm, in great glee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And at her side Winifred chuckled with glee, and said: 'It isn't like him, is it? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Leah smiled, and even Sophie bid me bon soir with glee. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As a reward for his good manners, Miss Keeldar, beckoning him apart, gave him some commission, which made his eyes sparkle with glee. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I will assay, then, said the knight, a ballad composed by a Saxon glee-man, whom I knew in Holy Land. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Every one seemed in high glee; laughter and conversation were general and animated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He had succeeded, and was radiant with glee. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That, you see,' said Mr. Peggotty, bending over me with great glee, 'meets two objects. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Rosamond was full of glee and pleasure all the time I stayed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typed by Aileen