mirthful

[ murth-fuhl ]

/ ˈmɜrθ fəl /

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adjective

joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.

providing mirth; amusing: a mirthful experience.

Origin of mirthful

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at mirth, -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM mirthful

mirth·ful·ly, adverbmirth·ful·ness, nounun·mirth·ful, adjectiveun·mirth·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby mirthful

mirror site, mirror speech, mirror symmetry, mirror-writing, mirth, mirthful, MIRV, miry, miryachit, mirza, MIS

Example sentences from the Web for mirthful

The Sheriff laughed, too; but his laughter was not as mirthful as usual.
The Sheriffs Bluff|Thomas Nelson Page
Only a couple of hundred feet remained now between the refreshment parlor and this party of mirthful victims.
Pee-wee Harris|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
For myself, I have things to make me up, other than mirthful.
Merkland|Mrs. Oliphant
So it was best, Eliza thought, to add "dancing," though it was only at first a mirthful suggestion of the General's fertile brain.
Tenting on the Plains|Elizabeth B. Custer

She had a delightful gift of humor and many times the unconscious play of it surprised her by its mirthful effects.
Charles Lewis Cocke|William Robert Lee Smith