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Recent Examples of giddily
But Fallout giddily toys with the genre’s legacy, too, at times turning homages into punch lines.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The girls are giddily planning the wedding and bachelorette party as if several core issues are not still unresolved.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
That, in turn, jars an earlier memory of happier days in the same car, giddily documenting on camcorder their initial move to New Orleans.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As our car idles, Lucas Nascimento Morgado, a young biologist who works for a jaguar NGO called Onçafari here in the southern Brazilian Pantanal, grins giddily.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
The kiss became a key piece of a prosecutorial propaganda campaign, giddily inflamed by the tabloid media, that framed Knox as a perverse, cold-blooded killer.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The girls are giddily planning the wedding and bachelorette party as if several core issues are not still unresolved.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
That, in turn, jars an earlier memory of happier days in the same car, giddily documenting on camcorder their initial move to New Orleans.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As our car idles, Lucas Nascimento Morgado, a young biologist who works for a jaguar NGO called Onçafari here in the southern Brazilian Pantanal, grins giddily.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
The kiss became a key piece of a prosecutorial propaganda campaign, giddily inflamed by the tabloid media, that framed Knox as a perverse, cold-blooded killer.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giddily
Adverb
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The stories of people who ate joyfully and in a very inspired way kind of spoke to me the most.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her writing process unfolded slowly but joyfully.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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For his part, and most fittingly, Valentino creative director Michele will be planting the exuberantly luxe Valentino standard yet again in Paris, January 26-29, at Valentino’s beloved Haute Couture fashion week.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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No romance is in the offing between the two — Dan is straight and Tamma is exuberantly profane about being gay — so their bond is built almost entirely around climbing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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One lovely sequence sees an outdoor lunch at the lodge turn into an impromptu dance party with a live musician singing some cheerfully inauthentic bossa nova.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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So far, Mamdani has cheerfully brushed aside these cartoon-villain allegations, announcing an ambitious universal-childcare plan and holding an adorable press conference with constituents in the under-five demographic.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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White’s jaunty editing ensures the proceedings roll merrily along, and yet the richness of detail in every frame makes this feel longer than its lean 71-minute running time, but not at all in a negative way.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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For most of the show, Bad Bunny had been mugging merrily to the camera, flaring his eyes and making hammy gestures to illustrate his words.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Shortly after the Bears revealed their consideration of Hammond, Pritzker suddenly began talking cheerily about possible state infrastructure support for an Arlington Heights stadium.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Another parade newbie, the Mario balloon cheerily made its way down Sixth Avenue.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Her husband, who sat nearby, complained jovially about her habit of yelling at the TV news.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Officers continued to jovially make fun of others who forgot their coats in the freezing weather.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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On the street, strangers beamed at her round cheeks and blue eyes, and at me, happily implicated in her freshness.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Mraz was happily a member of Page’s backing group at the 2025 Adams Avenue Unplugged Festival and at other performances.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Giddily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddily. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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