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gleefully

[glee-fuhl-ee] / ˈgli fəl i /




ADVERB
merrily
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Gleefully dragging such stars as Debbie Gibson and Don Henley down into the gutter with him, Nixon became a college radio staple, then a familiar face on MTV.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Gleefully blunt, “Lysistrata” is thought to have been first performed in Athens at a festival of Dionysus, the god of wine.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

Gleefully trashy, at times exhaustingly unpredictable, it's certainly a brave move.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2010

Gleefully, the League's newspaper Dawn editorialized that the Pandit should be made "honorary propaganda secretary of the Moslem League."

From Time Magazine Archive

Gleefully, she turned on the faithful Robbie, and with the basest of ingratitude, rewarded him for his sacrifice by taunting him cruelly for a lack of running ability.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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