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Recent Examples of gaily 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 With the Meyerson gaily festooned for the holiday season, there were lighting effects and some projections. Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022 Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for gaily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaily
Adverb
  • No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • On a good day, the Undervale houses maybe two living human guests and at least a couple dozen haunts of all demographics, time periods and modes of death — including the brother Katherine inherited it all from, the cheerfully feckless Nathan (Will Forte).
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • His disdain for Christmas is no match for visits from enchanting ghosts, a lively ensemble of characters, and the music of the season.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Music comes through with clean highs and enough bass to keep things lively at everyday listening levels.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • As Virgin Voyages' new stage show began, pink neon letters spelling out a woman's name glowed brightly in the low lights.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Slender wine bottles curated from as far as Lebanon and Georgia (as in Tbilisi, not Macon) by sommelier Sarah Dilick join stout glass teardrops of brightly colored spirits above the bar, helmed by beverage director Jordan Norman.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Covington will happily take home blue and white ceramics as well as brass items.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Next, brother and sister duo Itsuki (Joey Iwanaga) and Yuna (Akana Ikeda) are lured on a path that sees Yuna happily married with a child.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Leakey playfully dubbed them The Trimates.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With Austin Reaves shooing Hachimura off-stage and playfully wrestling the mic away.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • His mustache is neatly trimmed.
    David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Its two pressure settings are powerful enough to clear away plaque without overdoing it, all in a compact design that tucks neatly under the sink or into your carry-on.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One expert, reflecting on personal experience, put it more colorfully.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The song's interplay between choir and orchestra is buoyantly euphoric, opening a door to bolder, more intentionally progressive and soulful sounds in the country's mainstream.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 May 2025

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