gleefully
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But immediately afterwards, Grant appeared to forget the entire point of the game, by gleefully blurting out to those around him he was actually a traitor.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The first summer Potter’s daughter attended camp, she showed up early to pick her up and saw her gleefully playing inside a large water tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It would be irresponsible not to say right off that “Alley Cats,” written and directed by the comedian Ricky Gervais, is so gleefully vulgar it could make a TV critic blush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dr. Geffard pronounces this almost gleefully and pours wine into his glass, and she imagines his head as a cabinet filled with ten thousand little drawers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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