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rejoicingly

adverb

Definition of rejoicinglynext
as in cheerfully

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoicingly
  1. cheerfully
  2. cheerily
  3. delightedly
  4. merrily
  5. gleefully
  6. joyfully
  7. joyously
  8. gaily
Adverb
  • Now, the apartment is back on the market — as cheerfully over the top as ever in the listing photos — with Compass brokers Haley Venn and Carl Gambino, who declined to comment.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But Kelce, unaware of Gracie’s warnings, cheerfully makes a peace sign in response.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
Adverb
  • In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ashley Graham, co-founder of Lucci Lambrusco, cheerily celebrates the brand at Pizzeria Portofino in Chicago on July 15.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of cheerily
Adverb
  • His daughter yelps delightedly as a calf wanders close to the fence.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Since the end of the Second World War, the United States and its allies had maintained a system of humanitarian interventionism, until the President so delightedly detonated it.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of delightedly
Adverb
  • American audiences will find out when the director’s West End production, starring Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston as the merrily warring lovers Beatrice and Benedick, arrives on Broadway.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of merrily
Adverb
  • Among the fans in Cottage Grove was 21-year-old Chloe Fadem, who arrived from Chicago gleefully sporting her own Keatonesque two-piece suit.
    — Brian Bull, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After slowly changing the theatrical underworld as the king of midnight movies, Curry spent the rest of his acting career gleefully refusing to be pinned down.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of gleefully
Adverb
  • Experience cinema deeply and joyfully through noteworthy programming, including live music by renowned musicians, and in-depth conversations with world-class artists.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • On a wall nearby, a large framed photo captures the surf-loving Alex standing joyfully on a bluff high above the crashing waves, arms outstretched, his hair blowing in the breeze.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyfully
Adverb
  • When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Newcomer Jorge Mateo delivered the winning run with a liner to left, and the Rays joyously celebrated their third walk-off win.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyously
Adverb
  • The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
    — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Cicadas thrummed gaily, fields shimmered with bird and insect life.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
Definition of gaily
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“Rejoicingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoicingly. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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