They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be
a positively gleeful relish and are generally perfectly capable of contriving to give one an utterly unambiguous impression of their future course of action while in fact intending to do exactly the opposite, but they never lie.
I was
positively gleeful upon receiving this question because I feel the EXACT same way.
Very few children are natural - born organizers, and many seem
positively gleeful to make as big a mess as possible.
While making the salad, Betty and Mindy were
positively gleeful just thinking -LSB-...]
While making the salad, Betty and Mindy were
positively gleeful just thinking about the finished product and couldn't wait for their first nibble — like they were making something chocolaty, not dark green.
You seem
positively gleeful at the thought of destruction and death.