gigglingly

adverb

Definition of gigglinglynext
as in joyfully

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigglingly
  1. joyfully
  2. joyously
  3. cheerfully
  4. giddily
  5. exuberantly
  6. happily
  7. merrily
  8. jovially
Adverb
  • As the jingle continues, the surrounding people come together, joyfully singing with Kelce while holding containers of urine.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Do not go lightly, but go joyfully because riding the tundra mountain wilderness may be your ultimate connection with the natural world—and your role in it as a legitimate hunter.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyfully
Adverb
  • But those scenes of coming together joyously around this team, this diverse team, this remarkable team from all points, [Folarin] Balogun himself a birthright citizen leading this.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • At the same time, the episode still leaves space for slower beats, including some joyously non-essential downtime moments.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of joyously
Adverb
  • Her workspace is cheerfully cluttered with Yankees memorabilia—pretty much what a twelve-year-old might fantasize a Yankees executive’s office to look like.
    — Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The group cheerfully lifted beer cans and waved around hats, with one person even holding up their toddler for the shot.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
Adverb
  • 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
  • There was the viral pleasure and even pride in seeing foreigners encounter Buc-ee’s with reverential appreciation or giddily experience industrial quantities of Mountain Dew Baja Blast at Taco Bell.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of giddily
Adverb
  • The piece that Toni, a trans woman, performs (written by Barton) is exuberantly erotic and scathingly confrontational; afterward, Lauren, called up to the stage by Toni, delivers a reading of her own.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Most shave ice syrups tend to be exuberantly, artificially colorful.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of exuberantly
Adverb
  • Highlights and experiences You could happily treat Luura as a gallery with a pool.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Reporters and athletic administrators are among his most devoted buyers and coaches happily take his calls each year.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of happily
Adverb
  • Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder continue to roll merrily along, seemingly intent on winning every championship in the near future.
    — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Definition of merrily
Adverb
  • 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
  • The two key solutions were to hire Bora Milutinović, a jovially unintelligible coach with a history of reclamation projects, and to launch a nearly two-year residency training camp in Orange County.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of jovially
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“Gigglingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gigglingly. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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