Friends laughed joyfully at joke.

Meaning: The companions were delighted by the humor and expressed it with cheerful laughter.

Choice of Words: The friends found the joke funny and expressed their amusement by laughing with joy.

Alternative Expressions

The friends were filled with joy as they laughed at the joke.

Meaning: This means that the friends were so happy and amused by the funny thing that someone said or did, that they felt like they were filled with happiness.

Choice of Words: Filled means to be completely full of something. Joy is a feeling of great happiness. Laughed means to make a sound with your mouth that shows you're happy or amused. Joke is something funny that someone says or does to make people laugh.

The friends' laughter was a symphony of joy at the joke.

Meaning: This means that the friends' laughter was so beautiful and happy, that it sounded like a wonderful piece of music.

Choice of Words: Symphony is a beautiful piece of music played by an orchestra. Joy is a feeling of great happiness. Laughter is the sound you make when you're happy or amused. Joke is something funny that someone says or does to make people laugh.

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