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That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. What fare what news abroad Shak.

"Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Matt. ix. 2.

The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.

The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. This general applause and cheerful sShak.

Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton.

The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.

Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunishe…

To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.

With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. The common people heard him gladly. Mark xii. 37.

State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46.

Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

ssion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. -- Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper or state of mind. -- Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor. The good nature and generosity which belonged to his c…

Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay. To cheer his gueste, whom he had stayed that night. Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. Pope.

Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]