delightful

From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight +‎ -ful.

• IPA^(key): /dəˈlaɪt.fəl/

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• Hyphenation: de‧light‧ful

delightful (comparative more delightful, superlative most delightful)

1. Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed 'to save notepaper') and enter into the delightful pastime of 'a chicken from Mr Whiteley's'.

   • 2013 December 11, Megan Garber, quoting Marissa Mayer, “Is ‘Delightful’ the New ‘Cool’?”, in The Atlantic‎:

     That is what I plan to do at Yahoo: give the end user something valuable and delightful that makes them want to come to Yahoo every day.

• delightfull (archaic)