In the context of the life course, a respondent explained that about forty years ago, when his children were younger, festivals had been joyous family occasions.
Above all, this is a gravely joyous work, quite dizzyingly beautiful, at a level where discussions of idiom, influence and up-to-dateness appear woefully beside the point.
The lifeaffirming, restorative strength of her direct and unaffected speech is fully communicated in these carefully prepared, joyous performances.
There is a nimbus of joy around the joyous man.
The second was a focus on joyous expression of faith, including singing, dancing, and ecstatic prayer.
The emotional response to such music is instantaneous and unmediated by a belief that this is a joyous piece of music.
How, verbally and nonverbally, is the moment made "joyous"?
The joyous feeling, however, did not last long.
