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Recent Examples of gleefully
Another loved that her 4 year old asked to build it again and again, gleefully tearing it apart just to redo it.
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Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The internet’s favorite lip balm will be gleefully received by a coworker, your best friend, or anyone in between.
—Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.
—Book Marks
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
But any lyrical intensity is undercut, to say the least, by the playfulness of Mercury’s vocals and the gleefully absurd operatic bits.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Boone is gleefully anticipating the collector’s arrival at the show.
—Carrie Battan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But all were gleefully lapped up by tried-and-true slasher fans and a new wave of bloodthirsty teenage audiences.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
But while Musk gleefully jumped around swinging a chainsaw on stage, Kupor talks of rebuilding trust and treating workers with respect.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The internet’s favorite lip balm will be gleefully received by a coworker, your best friend, or anyone in between.
—Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.
—Book Marks
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
But any lyrical intensity is undercut, to say the least, by the playfulness of Mercury’s vocals and the gleefully absurd operatic bits.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Boone is gleefully anticipating the collector’s arrival at the show.
—Carrie Battan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But all were gleefully lapped up by tried-and-true slasher fans and a new wave of bloodthirsty teenage audiences.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
But while Musk gleefully jumped around swinging a chainsaw on stage, Kupor talks of rebuilding trust and treating workers with respect.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleefully
Adverb
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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
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On a good day, the Undervale houses maybe two living human guests and at least a couple dozen haunts of all demographics, time periods and modes of death — including the brother Katherine inherited it all from, the cheerfully feckless Nathan (Will Forte).—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 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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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
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Wesley would rack up accomplishments with a sparkling air of perfection, then march cheerily forward.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But Pierce Brosnan is the scene-stealer here, joyously leaping into the character of Ron, a former union activist known as Red Ron in his day, still ready to start a protest when needed.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Growing up, one woman watched her family's dog race joyfully down the hill toward their farmhouse.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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An emotional Instagram reel posted by her daughter, LaTinique, 22, shows her mother, Crystal, 44, playing joyfully with her young grandson, Aziel Chace, who is 18 months old.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Jays will, happily, hand him the ball.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The winning formula had viewers returning to the show's fictional Louisiana town long after Edward and Bella had their happily ever after.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 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
Adverb
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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
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Any big tech company would gladly pay that fee to recruit someone who’s truly talented.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gleefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleefully. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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