She happily played with her new toy.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone enjoying themselves while using a recently acquired object designed for play.

Choice of Words: Happily means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment, played means to engage in an activity for enjoyment, new means recently made, acquired, or experienced, toy means an object for children to play with.

Alternative Expressions

The girl was delighted to engage with her novel plaything.

Meaning: This sentence uses more formal words to say the same thing as the first sentence. It tells us that the girl was very happy and excited to play with her new toy.

Choice of Words: Girl is a young female person. Delighted means she was very happy and excited. Engage means she was actively involved in playing with the toy. Novel means the toy was new and unfamiliar. Plaything is a toy that is used for playing.

With a smile on her face, she enjoyed using the recently acquired item designed for amusement.

Meaning: This sentence uses even more formal words to say the same thing as the first two sentences. It tells us that the girl was very happy and excited to play with her new toy, which was designed to be fun and entertaining.

Choice of Words: Smile is an expression of happiness on the face. Face is the front part of the head. Enjoyed means she liked playing with the toy. Using means she was holding and interacting with the toy. Recently means not long ago. Acquired means she got the toy recently. Item is a general term for a thing. Designed means the toy was made for the purpose of playing. Amusement means fun or entertainment.

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