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Meanings of gayety in English

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Usage of gayety in English
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The arrival of these two strangers only added to the general gayety.
The Tides of Barnegat
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The grown man felt in his own element while in noisy gayety.
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men / First Series
3
He contributes nothing to the melody or the gayety of the season.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
4
There was noise again, and gayety in the little house of mercy.
The Amazing Interlude
5
Such gayety; such jokes; such bravado; and augury of the to be!
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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He seemed to have lost something of the gayety of the morning.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 / A Magazi...
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And then there was life and gayety, both in cabin and cowhouse.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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He felt the old mood seep through the dikes of his gayety.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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But the unquenchable gayety of the youthful West could not be extinguished.
A Texas Ranger
10
Within the ball-room the tide of gayety was rising to its height.
Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul
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The gayety of the Indian Summer dance was now at its height.
Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
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On entering the schoolroom we lost our gayety, all in a moment.
The Legacy of Cain
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The smile left his lips, the gayety died out of his eyes.
The Black Robe
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In this scene of gayety and mirth Charles Duran mingled,- aprominentactor.
Charles Duran / Or, The Career of a Bad Boy / By the author of "...
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She calmed her fears and returned to the charming gayety of Florence.
The Red Lily — Volume 02
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An air of gayety and excitement began to spread throughout the house.
Vandover and the Brute
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