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Recent Examples of gleefully
Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.
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Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The administration has gleefully posted imagery of individuals being rounded up and deported to a high-security, low-human rights facility in El Salvador.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
In the standout first-act sequence of Bat Boy, the horror comedy gleefully sinks its teeth into My Fair Lady.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Genre trappings abound in horror, but Halina Reijn's film gives the murder mystery template a gleefully modern spin.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Financial markets kicked off the week by gleefully cheering the weekend’s headlines that trade talks between the United States and China went smoothly.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The rest of his Republican colleagues gleefully approved the bill and have pretended ever since that their vote was the right thing to do.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
The final clip cuts to Winnie inside a pen, balancing gleefully on top of a group of sheep, appearing more companion than herder.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The administration has gleefully posted imagery of individuals being rounded up and deported to a high-security, low-human rights facility in El Salvador.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
In the standout first-act sequence of Bat Boy, the horror comedy gleefully sinks its teeth into My Fair Lady.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Genre trappings abound in horror, but Halina Reijn's film gives the murder mystery template a gleefully modern spin.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Financial markets kicked off the week by gleefully cheering the weekend’s headlines that trade talks between the United States and China went smoothly.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The rest of his Republican colleagues gleefully approved the bill and have pretended ever since that their vote was the right thing to do.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
The final clip cuts to Winnie inside a pen, balancing gleefully on top of a group of sheep, appearing more companion than herder.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleefully
Adverb
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The hostess seemed to accept this quite cheerfully and, in fact, expect the mess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But there's also no other show so delightedly in on its own joke.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The combination of flavors in this pie is blissful, the sweetness of the apples merrily dancing with the tart edge of the cranberries.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Daniels after both of his TDs sought out the TV cameras just outside the end zone and merrily mocked FSU’s famous war chant, an echo of the swagger of Canes teams past.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Chenoweth cheerily waved over the rest of the cast for a group shot, and a handler produced Donegan’s Miss America sash and tiara.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But a reporter working on a story like mine would never request or permit an escort—after all, how can someone talk freely about a subject while being observed, however cheerily, by the government?—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 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
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Lorde and Charli ended the duet together, joyously dancing and swinging their admittedly very similar long, dark curls in a moment of intense catharsis for both the artists and their raucous fans.—
Rachel Scharf,
Billboard,
19 Oct. 2025
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Last year at Raymond James Stadium, the 49ers were the last team standing – or joyously sprinting off the field, having won on a walk-off field goal by Jake Moody.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
11 Oct. 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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Long was really grateful at his offer and happily accepted.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hemsworth gets one big monologue, describing a nightmare in which Ciri is happily dancing with Death, and does a fine job with it.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gleefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleefully. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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