as in cheerfully
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleefully
Adverb
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Pair it with strict CI and the bot happily triages small bugs nightly.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025 -
He’s retired, happily married and financially comfortable.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.—
Kevin Barry,
The New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2024
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Cicadas thrummed gaily, fields shimmered with bird and insect life.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
Harper's Magazine,
10 July 2023
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“Gleefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleefully. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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