Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - delighted

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something. I know Frank will be delighted to see you... He said that he was delighted with the public response. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ with n • delightedly ‘There!’ Jackson exclaimed delightedly. ADV: ADV with v 2. If someone invites or asks you to do something, you can say that you would be delighted to do it, as a way of showing that you are very willing to do it. ‘You must come to Tinsley’s graduation party.’—‘I’d be delighted.’ ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf c darkgreen]feelings