Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Delightful \De*light"ful\, a.
   Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
   ``Delightful bowers.'' --Spenser. ``Delightful fruit.>''
   --Milton.

   Syn: Delicious; charming. See {Delicious}. --
        {De*light"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*light"ful*ness}, n.