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or less commonly gayly
: in a gay manner : marked by gaiety
Examples of gaily in a Sentence
we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days
children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school
Recent Examples on the Web
The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
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Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Cicadas thrummed gaily, fields shimmered with bird and insect life.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The butterflies enter first, quivering gaily atop their sticks.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Keep us gaily making pins!
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
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Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Cicadas thrummed gaily, fields shimmered with bird and insect life.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The butterflies enter first, quivering gaily atop their sticks.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Keep us gaily making pins!
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
See All Example Sentences for gaily
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“Gaily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaily. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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