Meaning & use
Riant
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Cheerful, smiling, or having a bright, gay appearance.
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The riant landscape of rolling green hills lifted her spirits instantly.
His riant expression put the nervous guests immediately at ease.
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Borrowed from French riant, the present participle of rire, 'to laugh'; it survives mainly in literary English.
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