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Variant of glad

adjective gladder, gladdest

feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased
causing pleasure or joy; making happy
very willing: I'm glad to help
bright or beautiful

transitive verb, intransitive verb gladded, gladding

Archaic to gladden

Related Forms:

gladly adverb
gladness noun

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