gleefully
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3.0
- adverb
- /ˈɡliːfəli/
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con alegría
- Max visualized little children riding gleefully on them while an old man like himself drove the miniature train.
I was totally prepared for sharp instruments, but then the doctor gleefully showed me his new plasma scalpel.
- I was totally prepared for sharp instruments, but then the doctor gleefully showed me his new plasma scalpel.
- And no, none other than Vernon Briggs, a pro union Cornell University professor, gleefully boasted in a recent article.
- And if you want people to vote for you, you shouldn't brag about gleefully killing the dogs and then the goats.
Examples
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Employers learned to tolerate it and workers gleefully looked forward to it.
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The children played gleefully in the park, laughing and chasing each other.
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The evil sister looked on gleefully.
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On the way to the restaurant, he suddenly pointed gleefully at the car in the street ahead of them.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's a hard act for poor old Jackson to follow," said Tom gleefully.
Fiction book (1994) -
One of the women gleefully passes the pack around, then pockets the rest.
Fiction book (1996) -
"We won't have to eat any more beans!" my two sisters gleefully screamed in unison.
Fiction book (1997) -
A few years ago, many legal technology pundits were gleefully predicting that upstart dot-coms would eventually eat the two giants' lunch.
Academic text (2004) -
Harry Barry rises gleefully, joins Jonathan on the platform, shakes his hand as the Rotarians applaud.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the movie, Heather rushes into Veronica's living room during "pt-hour" and announces gleefully, "Veronica, have you heard?"
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
279
1.0
Do something in a cheerful way
37
3.5
In a way that shows strong interest and excitement
34
1.0
In a happy, friendly way that shows you want to help
29
3.4
In a strong, happy, and sincere way
27
1.0
In a happy, eager way that shows strong interest
23
1.0
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
15
4.1
With pride and happiness after a success
11
1.1
In a very happy way that shows delight
5
3.0
In a way that shows great happiness and excitement
3
2.5
In a happy, friendly way
2
6.0
In a very happy and excited way
2
2.9
In a very happy way that shows pleasure
1
5.1
In a lively, excited way
1
5.3
In a way that shows great joy and excitement
1
7.4
Showing great pleasure and excitement
1
6.0
In a way that shows very strong happiness and excitement
1
7.7
In a lively, cheerful way that shows clear happiness
1
7.0
In a way that shows great joy after success
In a happy, laughing way
In a very happy and excited way
In a happy, lively way that shows joy
In a way that shows great joy after a win
Antonyms
How Happy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gleefully comes from the word glee, which means 'joy' and is the same glee you see in 'glee club', with -ful meaning 'full of' and -ly making it an adverb. So, to act gleefully is to do something 'full of joy' or with excited pleasure.