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delightedly

adverb

as in gleefully

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Recent Examples of delightedly His daughter yelps delightedly as a calf wanders close to the fence. — 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
  1. gleefully
  2. cheerfully
  3. merrily
  4. cheerily
  5. lightheartedly
  6. joyfully
  7. joyously
  8. gaily
Adverb
  • The restaurant's eponymous pizzaiolo made his name from gleefully redefining what the iconic dish can be.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Seeing 18th-century history through this gleefully absurd prism makes this not just a palace drama, but an unblinking glimpse at human behavior itself.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of gleefully
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  • The school janitor emerged from a gap in the trees, smiling cheerfully.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Photos of him, resplendent in his bright red 4theriders leathers, cheerfully dragging some elbow on the racetrack.
    — Loz Blain September 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
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
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
  • The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of lightheartedly
Adverb
  • 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
  • On a wall nearby, a large framed photo captures the surf-loving Alex standing joyfully on a bluff high above the crashing waves, arms outstretched, his hair blowing in the breeze.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyfully
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
  • The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
    — 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
Definition of gaily

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“Delightedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightedly. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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