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as in voluntarily
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Recent Examples of gladly
The name stuck and the 1901 show was gladly proclaimed the Great American Royal cattle show.
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Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Drake is almost definitely in his feelings following the conclusion of the 2025 World Series, which resulted in his home team losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who gladly took the opportunity to troll the rapper after their victory by using some Kendrick Lamar lyrics.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
The Norwegian gladly gobbled up another brace — his 13th and 14th league goals of the season — to send City into second, six points behind Arsenal.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hina gladly took home the food, leaving Uli in second, and sending Kele to tribal council.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
If 4 Non Blondes are ever in search of a new member, Jennifer Lopez is one brunette who would gladly oblige.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The Broncos would gladly take another such stretch this year.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
However, that’s a role Brooks would prefer not to play, which means the NFL’s leading tackler (66 stops) gladly welcomes Dodson back to the field.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
But in reality, the facility utilizes physical and psychological torture to break the kids down, turning them into hollow shells who will gladly submit themselves to the institute’s leader, Evelyn Wade (Toni Collette).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Drake is almost definitely in his feelings following the conclusion of the 2025 World Series, which resulted in his home team losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who gladly took the opportunity to troll the rapper after their victory by using some Kendrick Lamar lyrics.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
The Norwegian gladly gobbled up another brace — his 13th and 14th league goals of the season — to send City into second, six points behind Arsenal.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hina gladly took home the food, leaving Uli in second, and sending Kele to tribal council.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
If 4 Non Blondes are ever in search of a new member, Jennifer Lopez is one brunette who would gladly oblige.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The Broncos would gladly take another such stretch this year.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
However, that’s a role Brooks would prefer not to play, which means the NFL’s leading tackler (66 stops) gladly welcomes Dodson back to the field.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
But in reality, the facility utilizes physical and psychological torture to break the kids down, turning them into hollow shells who will gladly submit themselves to the institute’s leader, Evelyn Wade (Toni Collette).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladly
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Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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His business associates view him as both blithely charming and, in a word, obsessed.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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On Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Hamdi had opted to accept a US government offer to leave the country voluntarily.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the four men, a fifth suspect also voluntarily attended a police station to be interviewed following the raids.—
Adam Leventhal,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Filters for safely observing our star, revealing fine details in emission nebulae and countering urban light pollution are optionally available too.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Further, the advanced version of the jet could also be optionally manned.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Downstairs, a group of Americans are chatting joyfully.—
Lucy Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Shopkeepers lightheartedly gossip in rich drawling accents, and pickup trucks make up the majority of the vehicles idling at one of the few stoplights in town.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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They are felt as they are composed, painfully, joyously, cellularly—and they are designed for other biological beings to experience, to connect with, to be animated, provoked and moved by.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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My favorite style of Brazilian music is a roda de samba, where musicians play in a circle as the crowd joyously surrounds them at spots like Vaca Atolada or Pedra do Sal.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those fissures burst into the open last week, when Tucker Carlson conducted a friendly interview with the cheerfully white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Everything bops breezily along, stopping occasionally to have Dek growl maxims about strength through domination, and observe a decapitation or two.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Gladly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladly. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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