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  • adjective having a spirited love of life; ebullient

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  • adjective marked by spirited enjoyment

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Examples

  • For me, it was the literary equivalent of a smallpox vaccination: I have never, so far as I know, used the word zestful in a novel or a story.

    on writing by stephen king scribner 2000

  • Worst of all or so it seemed to me at the time, Leinster had fallen in love with the word zestful.

    on writing by stephen king scribner 2000

  • For me, it was the literary equivalent of a smallpox vaccination: I have never, so far as I know, used the word zestful in a novel or a story.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • For me, it was the literary equivalent of a smallpox vaccination: I have never, so far as I know, used the word zestful in a novel or a story.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • A good thing, too, because Will's range seems narrower, notwithstanding Mr. Franco's efforts, and most of the other human characters are stick figures clothed in zestful clichés.

    'Apes': Something to Thump Chests About Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • But not quite as zestful as some of the other Torchwood writing.

    Whoniversaries 14 July bugshaw 2010

  • He didn't direct "It's a Wonderful Life," but he lived one, a life of zestful achievement and exuberant friendship that seldom took him far from New York, the city he used, in all its gritty glory, as his back lot for such films as "Dog Day Afternoon," "Serpico" and "Prince of the City."

    The Lasting Legacy Of Sidney Lumet 2011

  • Perhaps most tellingly, Roffey admits that, despite all the workshops and zestful attempts at sexual self-improvement, she actually likes her "flawed and crooked self" and in some ways makes a writerly choice to remain "blind" because "I wanted to turn the darkness in me into prose".

    With the Kisses of His Mouth by Monique Roffey – review 2011

  • Just seeing this phenomenon happen on TV or reading about it in a magazine sparks a zestful appreciation of the mysteries of nature.

    Donna Henes: Eggs On End: Standing On Ceremony At The Equinox Donna Henes 2011

  • Just seeing this phenomenon happen on TV or reading about it in a magazine sparks a zestful appreciation of the mysteries of nature.

    Donna Henes: Eggs On End: Standing On Ceremony At The Equinox Donna Henes 2011

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