Modifies a noun

• anticipation: In the meantime, I think we can at least start polishing up our medallions and combing our chests in gleeful anticipation.

• fan: A few gleeful home fans had departed to the concourses for a premature half-time cuppa and they missed a calamitous mistake from Huth.

• expression: The gleeful, shocked expression on Lindsea's face when hearing the monkey din made the whole trip worthwhile.

• sense: But I hadn't reckoned on the gleeful sense of humor of my teddy boy assistant.

• face: All those of us inside could see was the occasional fireball illuminating the gleeful faces outside.

• rubbing: Now there is a veritable outbreak of gleeful rubbing of the hands.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: The public address announcer was almost gleeful in his statement of the obvious to the shivering crowd gathered at Boundary Park.

• very: It was said that later that day the young man attended the preaching in a very gleeful mood.