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gleefully
[ glee-fuhl-ee ]
adverb
- with exultant, often mischievous joy or delight; merrily:
My little niece snapped a photo of her mama and gleefully showed us the image she just captured.
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Other Word Forms
- ܲ··ڳܱ· adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gleefully1
First recorded in 1730–40; gleeful ( def ) + -ly ( def )
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This past week, Rowling gleefully put both these facets of her personality on full display.
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She also, gleefully, has more Instagram followers than her sons.
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Le Pen is now being gleefully taunted by her critics online with the many past instances in which she has called for stricter laws on corruption.
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The Dodgers gladly — perhaps even gleefully — defer to the New York Mets.
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Since many don’t realize its Spanish-speaking people are fellow Americans, the ignorant can gleefully lump them in with other so-called immigrant invaders.
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