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Definition
full of happiness and excitement
- Surveying this harvest of shirts and cigarette lighters, expensive machinery and cheap cuff links, Perry felt elatedly tall-now Mexico, a new chance, a "really living" life.2 — Persons Unknown (28% in)
- His face was flushed, and she could tell that he was elated.3 — Answer (5% in)
- Afterward, as he crossed the darkening courthouse square, pensively scuffing through dry mounds of un-raked leaves, Dewey wondered at his lack of elation.3 — Answer (44% in)
- Receiving an affirmative nod, the prisoner's spiritual adviser stepped into an adjacent room, which was crowded with expectant policemen, and elatedly issued an invitation: "Come on in.4 — The Corner (70% in)
There are no more uses of "elated" in In Cold Blood.
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