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Recent Examples of delightedly
His daughter yelps delightedly as a calf wanders close to the fence.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Since the end of the Second World War, the United States and its allies had maintained a system of humanitarian interventionism, until the President so delightedly detonated it.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
Random House had just made an initial public offering, and the Cerfs delightedly sent him a Christmas gift of five shares.
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Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
But there's also no other show so delightedly in on its own joke.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Since the end of the Second World War, the United States and its allies had maintained a system of humanitarian interventionism, until the President so delightedly detonated it.
—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
Random House had just made an initial public offering, and the Cerfs delightedly sent him a Christmas gift of five shares.
—
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
But there's also no other show so delightedly in on its own joke.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delightedly
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The Saturday morning series, which ran from 1986 to 1991, was gleefully surreal, sending Venkman, Egon and company into increasingly bizarre supernatural adventures unconstrained by live-action budgets.
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On Harmony, their sophomore album, the duo gleefully throws dubstep, nu-metal, and trap in a blender with the lid off, letting their influences splatter the walls and drawing out their initials.
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My second appointment is with Dr Mohit Mangla, the allopathic consultant, who explains cheerfully that Tulåh prioritizes Ayurveda, albeit viewed through the lens of modern medicine.
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Most of them answered the phone cheerfully.
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Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
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Meanwhile, the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder continue to roll merrily along, seemingly intent on winning every championship in the near future.
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Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls.
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Dina Powell McCormick weaves through the crowd, cheerily hugging people and introducing strangers to one another.
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The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?
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Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.
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Ron Seman was known as the master of the Indiana Dunes trails, spending years joyfully guiding thousands of people on journeys through its natural wonders.
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Uruguay, for their part, joyfully celebrated becoming the second team, after Italy, to win the World Cup twice.
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Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.
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There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.
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The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
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Cicadas thrummed gaily, fields shimmered with bird and insect life.
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“Delightedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightedly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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