gaily
Example Sentences
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But she has skipped gaily upon each milestone, obscuring the nature and means of that progress.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2024
The scene in question shows her determination to get them on her page: Julia gaily waltzes into the offices of WGBH, cake plate in hand and ready to negotiate with a side of sugar.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2022
Texts from the Karnak temple complex near Luxor describe baboons as “announcing” Ra while “they dance for him, jump gaily for him, sing praises for him, and shout out for him.”
From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2021
The actors now take turns reading from letters, transcripts and news accounts without milking the expressive techniques so gaily demonstrated in the first half of the play.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019
So did everyone else, even ‘Croaker’ as the girls called the old lady, and the unfortunate dinner ended gaily, with bread and butter, olives and fun.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing gaily
Let's Go Caroling, List 3
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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Novel Study: Bless Me, Ultima, Chapters 1–9
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