relievedly

5.5

In a way that shows you feel less worried

adverb
/rɪˈliːvdli/

: aliviadamente

She relievedly accepted the news that her lost luggage had been found.

Examples

He smiled relievedly when he realized he had passed the exam.
After hearing the storm had passed, the children laughed relievedly and went outside to play.
She sighed relievedly after hearing the good news.
He smiled relievedly when the test results came back negative.
After completing the difficult exam, she sighed relievedly, grateful that it was finally over.
He walked out of the meeting room relievedly, knowing that his proposal had been accepted.
The parents smiled relievedly as their child returned home safely after the school trip.

Antonyms

anxiously

43 3.2

In a worried or nervous way

How Relieved

joyfully

11 1.1

happily

279 1.0

relievedly

5.5

uneasily

19 4.2

anxiously

43 3.2

Surface Forms

relievedly positive

Morphology

relievedly = relieved (transparent) = relieve + ed + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'relieved' by adding '-ly', with the adjective itself transparently derived from 'relieve' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Relievedly comes from relieve, which comes from the Latin root levare meaning 'to lift up' and is the same root you see in elevator, and it uses the ending -ly to mean 'in a ... way'. So, to feel relievedly is to feel your worry 'made lighter' or lifted away.