amusedly

adverb

as in smilingly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amusedly
  1. cheerfully
  2. joyfully
  3. jovially
  4. giddily
  5. joyously
  6. exuberantly
  7. cheerily
  8. merrily
Adverb
  • The camera pans across images of Boston’s historic Fenway Park and a grim-looking Schumer, contrasting those shots with footage of Collins cheerfully hobnobbing with Maine voters.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Lon Cheng, a Cambodian vendor who has lived in Thailand for over 20 years, cheerfully called to customers and danced along with the music behind his vegetable stall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
Adverb
  • My mother, grandmother, aunties and cousins all covered and did so joyfully.
    — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Experience cinema deeply and joyfully through noteworthy programming, including live music by renowned musicians, and in-depth conversations with world-class artists.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of joyfully
Adverb
  • Casting Pattinson in the role leaves little to the imagination, as the IRL Hansen’s more equanimous, jovially unflappable, everyday demeanor is replaced here by someone who’s visibly diseased in the head from the very top.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Both Elysium and Upgrade contain their fair share of split noggins, but no film does it quite as jovially or consistently as Dredd.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of jovially
Adverb
  • As demonstrated in Hijack and Lupin, Kay has a special knack for elevating standard-issue thriller material into giddily addicting TV with his above-average command of storytelling basics.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Sherman is sitting across from Kerry Washington and Miley Cyrus, who bounce in their seats and gossip giddily with one another.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of giddily
Adverb
  • When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Newcomer Jorge Mateo delivered the winning run with a liner to left, and the Rays joyously celebrated their third walk-off win.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyously
Adverb
  • His mid-20th century style reflects both the European zeitgeist and his own exuberantly analytic big-picture sensibility.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • At times, his psychological explanations may seem almost too orderly for a woman who lived so exuberantly in disorder.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exuberantly
Adverb
  • In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ashley Graham, co-founder of Lucci Lambrusco, cheerily celebrates the brand at Pizzeria Portofino in Chicago on July 15.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of cheerily
Adverb
  • American audiences will find out when the director’s West End production, starring Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston as the merrily warring lovers Beatrice and Benedick, arrives on Broadway.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of merrily
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