GLADLY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

gladly

adverb

Definition of gladly

as in blithely

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as in voluntarily

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Recent Examples of gladly Freedom is a business someone else would gladly buy, on your timeline, at your price. — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Advertisement Kim gladly devotes himself to a quiet life as a father and office worker, and the SMD leaves him alone. — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026 Just like her on-screen counterpart, Queen Penelope of Ithaca, actress Anne Hathaway is gladly taken. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026 The rapper smiles and gladly poses for a photo with the fan, asks his name, and thanks him for his support. — Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026 My 8-year-old would have gladly offered her Michelin-star tender expertise. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 Obviously, the Trojans gladly accept thinking the war is over. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 He was originally only meant to play six shows at Wembley, but gladly doubled the number of performances when demand for tickets skyrocketed. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 Outside, beneficial insects like lady beetles will gladly help patrol your plants. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladly

Adverb

In Ketticè’s time frame, all the kids are still blithely using Facebook to message each other, update their status and bully one another, the platform having not yet become the domain of the old, cranky and terminally uncool.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
To represent so many things to so many people might seem shallow, if not blithely opportunistic.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of blithely

Adverb

Indiana Hospital Association President Scott Tittle points to reports showing hospitals have voluntarily cut prices over the last three years.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
Goss voluntarily relinquished his Missouri law license and surrendered his right to practice law in Kansas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 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

In an example video, Google demonstrates how the user can speak long, complex instructions, optionally referring to files on the local computer, and have Gemini synthesize a response directly into a document or email.

— Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
This partnership is set to provide a means of churning out large numbers of autonomous or optionally crewed ships in American shipyards.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026

Definition of optionally

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

Wagoner eventually recovers and the two cheerfully finish the song to applause.

— Stephanie Vander Wel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
At the top end, suites are spacious and cheerfully appointed, with smartly outfitted living rooms, double sinks in the bathrooms, robes, and patterned ceramics.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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