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gleefully

[glee-fuhl-ee] / ˈgli fəl i /




ADVERB
merrily
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Social media platforms are littered with cheering sections gleefully anticipating mass unemployment in creative industries.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Summerween in “Gravity Falls” was more or less the same as regular Halloween — “a night to celebrate pure evil,” as Grunkle Stan puts it gleefully — with trick-or-treating, carved jack-o-watermelons, and a Summerween superstore.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Recently there have been late nights watching Scotland at the men's World Cup, while Murray gleefully collected an NBA Fantasy debt owed by doubles player Mate Pavic when they bumped into each other at Queen's.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

Fast facts: John Early, known for his role in the TV series “Search Party,” is the writer, director and star of this gleefully bizarre comedy that takes itself very seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

‘I is guzzling it gleefully every night and day. Is you never trying a snozzcumber, Bloodbottler?’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl




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