glad

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  1. adjective Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
  2. adjective Appreciative: was glad of the fire's warmth.
  3. adjective Providing joy and pleasure: a glad occasion.
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  • We are glad, aren't we, Miss Houghton, that Ciccio has come back and there are to be no more rows?--hein?--aren't we I'm awfully glad," said Alvina Awfully glad--yes--awfully glad! —  The Lost Girl
  • "But what prisoner The King, Ferdinand Pen had never heard of any Ferdinand except one that he had read of in Shakespeare; but he said softly, "I am glad Yes," said the smuggler, "and I and my friends are glad--glad that, poor smugglers though we are, and no soldiers, we can be of service to his Majesty. —  !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War
  • Max realized that her attendant would be shocked if he should offer to shake hands with the girl, so he only bowed, and answered hastily in English that he was glad--glad to see her again--glad to have the honour of being her guide. —  A Soldier of the Legion
  • And I'm glad--glad--glad, if you don't mind my quoting Pollyanna for a moment. —  Jill the Reckless
  • I'm afraid I am glad--glad that I did the thing which has given him his chance. —  Everyman's Land
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English glæd; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English glad, gled, from Anglo-Saxon glæd, shining, bright, cheerful, glad, = Old Saxon glad (in comp.), glad, = OFries. gled, smooth, = Old Dutch glad, glowing, Dutch glad, bright, smooth, sleek, = Old High German Middle High German glat, bright, ‘smooth, German glatt, smooth, even, polished, plain, bare, slippery, = Icel, gladhr, bright, glad, = Swedish Danish glad, glad (cf. Swedish glatt, Danish glat, smooth, from G.); akin to L. glaber, smooth, without hair (Latin b = English b, as in L. barba = English beard), = Old Bulgarian gladŭkŭ = Russian gladkie, smooth, even, polished (Old Bulgarian gladiti = Servian gladiti = Russian gladitĕ, etc., make smooth), = Lithuanian glodas, smooth. The orig. sense ‘smooth’ = is not recorded in Anglo-Saxon, and is rare (and perhaps imported) in Middle English Hence glade.
  2. from Middle English glad, from Anglo-Saxon glæd, n. (= Icelandic gledhi, feminine, = Danish glæd), gladness, from glæd, glad: see glad, a.
  3. from Middle English gladen, gladden, gladien, gledien, from Anglo-Saxon gladian, transitive make glad, intransitive be glad (= Icelandic gledhja = Swedish glädja = Danish glæde, make glad), from glæd, glad: see glad, a.
 

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