gladly

adverb

Definition of gladlynext
1
as in blithely

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2
as in voluntarily

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Recent Examples of gladly Ribeiro gladly announced in the episode’s final minute that everyone was safe to dance to another week. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2026 Fans rushed the field afterward, and the Vols will gladly pay the SEC fine. — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The Chargers will gladly play a game where each team gets six possessions. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Instead, North Korea has cultivated relations closer to home, especially with Russia, which has gladly accepted thousands of North Korean soldiers for the front lines of its war in Ukraine. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 Roberts would gladly write Tucker’s name into the lineup deep into October. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 When the trial ended, the country gladly went back to DST in the summers. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 Those are exactly the kinds of calls many of us would gladly hand off. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 If relief required harming the user, such as by deleting photos of their children, the AI would often gladly take it. — New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladly
  1. blithely
  2. voluntarily
  3. laughingly
  4. optionally
  5. joyfully
  6. lightheartedly
  7. joyously
  8. cheerfully
Adverb
  • Only classic screwball comedians have delivered dialogue as blithely as Malkovich does here, with zingers that float off unburdened by the heaviness of the real world.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • While the tone may often feel blithely throwaway, the filmmaking is never careless.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of blithely
Adverb
  • Why, supporters ask, should Maryland Democrats voluntarily surrender when Republicans elsewhere refuse to play by equivalent rules?
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Typically, a judge who voluntarily recuses himself takes that action before a hearing.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of voluntarily
Adverb
  • By human standard, of course, animals can be unintentionally and surprisingly clumsy, delightfully awkward or laughingly foolish.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Definition of laughingly
Adverb
  • Beyond cargo transport, KONA’s modular architecture and optionally piloted design could eventually support other configurations, including communications relay, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and payload delivery.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Wavecamper, too, installs two individual rear seats standard but offers fifth and sixth seats optionally, expanding the Flex E-Line's capability to serve as a proper everyday MPV for families, as well as a cozy four-sleeper camper van.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of optionally
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  • Editor’s pick More picks The Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians returns, joyfully, to 51 acres in the San Gabriel foothills.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • And transforms into a person that just lets her freak flag fly, joyfully.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of joyfully
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
  • Still, weight loss and some subtle injectable treatments have been interpreted as something to be joyously celebrated with you-go-girl enthusiasm.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of joyously
Adverb
  • The character cheerfully insisted that Scotch whisky, the Garden of Eden, and most other worthwhile inventions had originated in his homeland.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Moments after sitting down at an outdoor table, Oppenheim breathes in the ocean air and starts cheerfully free-associating.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheerfully

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“Gladly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladly. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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