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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Greatly pleasing.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction: as, a delightful thought; a delightful prospect.
  • Synonyms Delicious, Delightful (see delicious); charming, exquisite, enchanting, rapturous, ravishing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective greatly pleasing or entertaining

Etymologies

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delight +‎ -ful

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