REJOICINGLY Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

rejoicingly

adverb

Definition of rejoicingly

as in cheerfully

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Adverb

The character cheerfully insisted that Scotch whisky, the Garden of Eden, and most other worthwhile inventions had originated in his homeland.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Moments after sitting down at an outdoor table, Oppenheim breathes in the ocean air and starts cheerfully free-associating.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheerfully

Adverb

Your server, wearing a conductor’s hat, cheerily shakes them up in front of you.

— Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
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

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

Daunt asked merrily, and led me in a zigzag through the parking lot of the Adnams brewery, then out to the bookshop, a chip-shop-size storefront with a blue exterior.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
For the handful of teams chasing a pennant this month, life rolls merrily along.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of merrily

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The 69-year-old billionaire gleefully shared hugs with the group that delivered the Brewers’ first championship in franchise history, including the series’ most valuable player, William Contreras.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The gap is about the size of a major motion picture, Espinal notes gleefully.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of gleefully

Adverb

Still, weight loss and some subtle injectable treatments have been interpreted as something to be joyously celebrated with you-go-girl enthusiasm.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of joyously

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