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Glad

adjective
(compar. gladder; superl. gladdest)
1.
Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy.  "Glad that they succeeded" , "Gave a glad shout" , "A glad smile" , "Heard the glad news" , "A glad occasion"
2.
Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service.  Synonym: happy.
3.
Feeling happy appreciation.
4.
Cheerful and bright.  Synonym: beaming.  "A glad May morning"
noun
1.
Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated.  Synonyms: gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily.



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"Glad" Quotes from Famous Books



... will be glad to have pointed out to them more in detail the things which are especially applicable to their work in school and which will help them in the mastery of the subject so that their school work will be made easier and they may raise their rank ...
— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 - The Guide • Charles Herbert Sylvester
... said Josephine. "Then I'm glad I'm not a fashionable lady. Fancy starving all that long time! I'm always famished ...
— Girls of the Forest • L. T. Meade
... Stewart's style has been recognised by the highest authorities. Robertson was perhaps the best English writer of his day. The courtly Walpole, on ascertaining that he spoke Scotch, told him he was heartily glad of it; for 'it would be too mortifying,' he added, 'for Englishmen to find that he not only wrote, but also spoke, their language better than themselves.' And yet the Edinburgh Reviewers recognised Stewart as the writer of a more exquisite ...
— Leading Articles on Various Subjects • Hugh Miller
... papers, and I felt I wasn't wanted... No—I couldn't come to the funeral," repeated Arabella, who, seeming utterly unable to reach the ideal of a catastrophic manner, fumbled with iterations. "But I am glad I found the grave. As 'tis your trade, Jude, you'll be able to put up a handsome ...
— Jude the Obscure • Thomas Hardy
... none of your majesty's subjects who intend to bear arms in your armies ought, according to the ancient custom of the kingdom, to neglect." The emperor, charmed with so prudent an answer, said, "Since it is so, I should be glad to see your expertness in the chase; choose ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 4 • Anon.


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