adjective
- Expressing or characterized by high spirits, joy, or exultation.
Usage: formal or literary
noun
- In grammar, a case or form of a noun or adjective expressing the sense of 'out of' or 'from'; found in some languages such as Finnish.
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- She felt elative after winning the championship.
- The team's elative mood was evident as they celebrated their victory.
- In Finnish, the elative case indicates movement from within something.
- His elative expression showed genuine happiness.
- The elative form in some languages expresses origin or source.
- After receiving the good news, he was in an elative state of mind.