How To Use Gaily In A Sentence
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Those who had struck it rich wore black woollen trousers and Napoleon boots, and sported silk sashes and gaily coloured kerchiefs.
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But the painted kerbing and the gaily-coloured banners can't disguise the extent of the social and educational deprivation of this community.
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Well, the "tumbril," as we called it, arrived each day for nearly a week, and we drove off gaily to the appointed spot and saturated ourselves in the characteristics of the land we were shortly to attack.
Bullets & Billets
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One early morning at an elementary school bus stop, I gaily waved at the visible faces of our future leaders and innovators, children whose dreams and innocence were yet unscathed by disappointment or grim reality.
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Only a Christian culture can ‘go gaily in the dark’.
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‘Oh, it is nothing,’ returned Chopin, gaily, ‘We each have our own style.’
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The Cardinal was greeted on arrival 46 years ago by a great concourse of parishioners who had gaily decorated the roads leading to the new church with bunting and scrolls, many of which were Irish.
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The real monster in them, he said later, is the amused narrator, ‘the young foreigner who passed gaily through these scenes of desolation, misinterpreting them to suit his childish fantasy’.
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Gaily bedight,/ A gallant knight/ In sunshine and in shadow, . . .
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The town will be gaily decorated with window boxes, flower beds and floral arrangements - so expect Bagenalstown to be a riot of flowers on Sunday.
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Constantinople, where I lived gaily, and spent my money; but I found that to mix in the world, it is necessary not only to have an attaghan, but also to have the courage to use it; and in several broils which took place, from my too frequent use of the water of the Giaour, I invariably proved that, although my voice was that of a lion, my heart was but as water, and the finger of contempt was but too often pointed at the beard of pretence.
The Pacha of Many Tales
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Turning to Holger, he called gaily, 'That wasn't too bad, though, was it?'
Three Hearts and Three Lions
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The following advertisement also appeared in the same edition: The gaily painted caravan of the Irish tinkers is still a common sight on the country roads, the waste lots and outskirts of our cities and towns.
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Gaily bedight,/ A gallant knight/ In sunshine and ...
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She scrambled to her feet and ran coltishly past him and over the bridge, hiding her face and calling gaily, "Come on!
The Judge
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She sat now on a little stool that she had made for herself of empty tomato cans, covered with gaily flowered cretonne, and drawing back the muslin frilled curtains, looked wearily over the fields.
The Second Chance
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And he does this all while staggering about the stage tripping over things in gaily-stockinged feet (yes, I have a soft spot for gawky boys in colorful socks), fussing with the mix, swapping instruments on the fly, and -- in the grand tradition of Bowie and Byrne -- dancing like an utter spaz.
The short answer is, go.
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As Nicholas and Colette gaily threw horseshoes, laughing merrily and cheering the other on, Caroline stood at the back.
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Knowing the information came from the public domain my research group gaily put it on the internet.
EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
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There's an annual crab and lobster festival, gaily painted beach huts and a sandy beach.
Times, Sunday Times
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The kettle on the hob is the friend of the family," she said gaily.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
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It was this Lord Chancellor, after all, who gaily announced that he had abolished himself, only to discover that the constitution didn't allow him to do so.
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This garment was, -- not entirely to Patty's surprise, -- a horror of gaily flowered silkoline, but as they would see no one but the nurse, she said, "Yes; come along.
Patty and Azalea
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The gaily coloured banners and balloons decorating the streets give the impression of an impromptu homecoming party.
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A day came when she was feeling listless and miserable, and as if in answer to her need, the sight of a gaily coloured open carriage broke her mood like a bubble.
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While the gaily coloured and richly sugared chocolate eggs that we enjoy are recent in origin, the real egg, decorated with colours or gilt, has been acknowledged as a symbol of continuing life and resurrection since long.
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We didn't have a gaily painted caravan and a spare pair of horses.
Times, Sunday Times
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Such as he saw at work were noticeably inferior in physique to the few gaily dressed managers and forewomen who were directing their labours.
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I have been gaily putting your name forward - if you would like me to desist, please say so.
The Sun
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Page 408 here! the pompous Magnolia, reigns sovereign of the forests; how sweet the aromatic Illisium groves? how gaily flutters the radiated wings of the Magnolia auriculata? each branch supporting an expanded umbrella, superbly crested with a silver plume, fragrant blossom, or crimson studded strobile and fruits!
Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Producti
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Her washwoman's family consisted of four children, and a husband who blew in gaily once in a while when in need of funds, or when recovering from a protracted spree, which made a few days 'nursing very welcome.
In Times Like These
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Knowing the information came from the public domain my research group gaily put it on the internet.
EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
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May you one day catch a Panon-worth," she called gaily, and took the hand of Oroles.
The Magic May Return
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He pointed beyond a tall gaily striped maypole, across a teeming market square.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
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Along with some wild, hallucinatory sculptures e.g., a vulture feeding a shrieking calavera to its young, all atop a gaily mosaicked skull, this was probably the highlight.
Kenneth Hite's Journal
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Every one of these special interests have recently received tax loopholes, subsidies and regulatory advantages from Washington, and they want more, which is why they are partying so gaily with the parties.
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Aristide threw back his head, and laughed at the exquisite humour of the hypothesis, and gaily disclosed his Micawberish situation.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
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And now, my hearties, be gay, and gaily read the rest, with ease of body and in the best of kidney!
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Heidi jumped and bounded gaily by their side.
Heidi
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She seemed to have the most fun with tweed, gaily mixing textures such as a houndstooth alongside a Prince of Wales plaid.
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Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.
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He begins in Louisiana with cajun and zydeco music, then gaily reels his way through Brazil and Argentina.
Times, Sunday Times
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For example: an amoeba might gaily multiply itself into proliferous plurality, gobbling up all the sugary water in the vicinity -- until there is no more sugar and too many amoebae, who then all abruptly die.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Fracking & Fukushima: More Obscene Than The Word They Sound Like
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State _shamianah_, gaily coloured Kashmir rugs were spread, for Govind
The Great Amulet
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If we love the creatures of earth, who are so gaily irresponsible, so full of zest, we shall share with them the large-hearted merriment of comradeship, and find that the blessing of the helpless is the key to unlock the world.
The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
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The tenants were harvesting in the fields, children raced about in wild play and waved gaily when the carriage came in sight.
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Already provoked with sharp pins on which ribbons flutter gaily, the bull rushes frenziedly out and stands in the middle of the arena, looking confused by the roar of applause.
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Beautiful equines gaily festooned in spotless harness and working in perfect rhythm, will always be the centerpiece of my circus memories.
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Behind them trails the Jumbo Queen, feted by her weighty ladies-in-waiting, waving gaily at the crowd.
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Suddenly, King looked not fashionably late to the party, but awkwardly, disastrously late, swinging gaily through the doors just as the caterers were starting to pack up the crockery.
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Such, for instance, is the case with the hen kingfisher, which is one of the brightest of British birds and one of the very few which make their nests underground; the hen woodpecker, which is also gaily colored and builds in hollow trees, forms a second instance.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.
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Such as he saw at work were noticeably inferior in physique to the few gaily dressed managers and forewomen who were directing their labours.
When the Sleeper Wakes
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The birds were chirping and singing gaily as they came in.
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The toilet paper of 1930 was gaily advertised as ‘splinter-free!’
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The children sing gaily.
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Located in a double-wide trailer, los cento de teenoswas gaily decorated with crepe paper and Japanese lanterns, but I — I had already given my heart to Martha Stretz!
My Bossa Nova Years
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the scandals were gaily diverting
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The wilderness towns gaily prostitute themselves to such people.
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The Cardinal was greeted on arrival 46 years ago by a great concourse of parishioners who had gaily decorated the roads leading to the new church with bunting and scrolls, many of which were Irish.
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Gossamer sails -- "a faint, recedent measure, and intermingling with it the sound of a boy's voice singing gaily on the misty hills:
Sally of Missouri
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There was a gaily-lighted Christmas tree in the corner next to us, and with its chintz curtains, cottage-style tables and candles, the restaurant felt comfortably old fashioned.
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Then good night, lovely Blossom," he called gaily while he turned back into the bridle path which led like a frayed white seam over the pasture.
The Miller Of Old Church
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Notwithstanding the oft-repeated cacology to the effect that we shall not be handing over conduct of our foreign affairs to the EU, we shall discover soon enough that that is a lot of rot and that not only is the new EU Foreign Minister gadding about speaking for all of us at the UN and gaily signing Treaties on ‘our behalf’ but that person will also, as Article 9e of the Treaty of Lisbon tells us, be in charge of our defence:
Archive 2008-01-27
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She called gaily to all the women, including Gertie, then left the carriage on the walk, and from her coalhouse dragged out a large trough-like box.
The Dollmaker
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“Now, my dear Miss Summerson, and my dear Mr. Richard,” said Mr. Skimpole gaily, innocently, and confidingly as he looked at his drawing with his head on one side,
Bleak House
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Police officers and soldiers patrolling Athens have decorated the straps of their automatic rifles with gaily coloured ones.
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Calm in the knowledge that I had reached an irreversible decision, I strode my obligatory mile with near-reckless zest, my bobble hat pulled low and my shoulder-bag slapping gaily at my hip.
The mission song
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Vile and loathful we may be, but there is something about what others view as pitiful, as the lowest of the low, as filthy and execrable, repulsive and inhuman, diseased and outcast, that appeals to us passionately, and once we have glimpsed the quickest path of descent, we are racing down it gaily like children on some grand 1950s adventure story
Mimi in NY
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She sang gaily waving her arms and then rotating her middle as if in a dance.
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He was humming this hum to himself, and walking gaily along, wondering what everybody else was doing, and what it felt like, being somebody else, when suddenly he came to a sandy bank, and in the bank was a large hole.
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The women gaily waved their large muffs in reply.
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We laugh gaily and chat and huddle in small groups.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm flying past cosy cottages with daffodils waving gaily as I zip by.
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After resuming our laical toilette, and dressing gaily for the great festival, we mounted our asses about the cool of the afternoon, and, returning to Muna, we found the tent full of visitors.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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'Twas Si himself that was riding gaily up the water, for he had disposed of his 'hogging' to a grazier from Hexham at a good price, and was now bethinking him whence he had best re-stock his farm -- whether from
Border Ghost Stories
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Some had awoken already - mainly shopkeepers - and mustered gaily on the streets, some in the outer courtyard where the wooden palisades separated her father's estate from the serf lands.
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‘There is no criminality here,’ she said, smiling gaily.
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We have skipped gaily down the yellow brick road towards 50% participation, without ever asking whether it is a good thing for half the population to possess a university degree.
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And Salabaetto being come to see her one evening, she greeted him gaily and gamesomely, and fell a kissing and hugging him, and made as if she were so afire for love of him that she was like to die thereof in his arms; and offered to give him two most goodly silver cups that she had, which Salabaetto would not accept, having already had from her (taking one time with another) fully thirty florins of gold, while he had not been able to induce her to touch so much as a groat of his money.
The Decameron, Volume II
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They came swarming downstream, transports filled with palace servants and slaves and all their accoutrements and paraphernalia, barges laden with oxen and goats and chickens for the kitchens, gilded and gaily painted vessels bearing cargoes of palace furniture and treasure, of nobles and lesser creatures, all uncomfortably jumbled together in a most unseamanlike fashion.
River God
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Reas the bonder himself, who had many a time flogged him for his disobedience and idleness, and who now watched him riding downward to the ships, did not recognize his former bondslave in the handsome and gaily attired young warrior.
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age
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In the centre of the patch of common land there were a stocks, a gallows and a tall gaily coloured pole from which dangled multicoloured strands.
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I could hear her gaily singing in her bedroom.
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There was a time when every newly independent country yearned for a national airline; it was a rite of passage, that went with the gaily coloured flag and a seat at the UN.
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People came with their gaily coloured floats and roads were jammed to the extent that for sometime it was doubtful if some of those taking part in the parade would ever get there.
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One by one the receding gondolas turned and came nearer, one bright eye gleaming at each prow, as they stole like conspirators upon the gaily lanterned barge.
A Venetian June
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The sight of lively girls clad in beautiful Korean clothes playing it gaily by fluttering the hem of their skirts in the breeze is really beautiful.
Girls Go Postal! | Neolttwigi
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Keeping this thought to himself, however, Dev simply grinned and waved gaily.
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Now, having thus gaily trimmed and set up this man of straw, — to whose framing I dare boldly say not one of his adversaries did ever contribute a penful of ink, — to show his rare skill, he chargeth it with I know not how many errors, blasphemies, lies, set on with exclamations and vehement outcries, until it tumble to the ground.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
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The make-up of the protesters had changed by early afternoon: the gaily dressed, dreadlocked types had given way to a much harder-faced, largely male group spoiling for action.
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There were private yachts, Adriatic liners, all brilliant with illumination, and hundreds of gondolas, bobbing, bobbing, like captive leviathans, bunched round the gaily-lanterned barges of the serenaders.
The Lure of the Mask
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In addition, a large number of people must have walked, in spite of the heat of the day, from Woking and Chertsey, so that there was altogether quite a considerable crowd—one or two gaily dressed ladies among the others.
The War of The Worlds
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When his song finished with a sweet stanza of ‘We will play the banjo gaily, And will sing the song of Yore, And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore,’ he began humming the tune to himself again.
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He remained for a few minutes upstairs, chatting gaily, vowing that the posset was the best he had ever drank, and declaring to Nellie that he regarded as a favourable omen for his expedition that he should have seen so fair a face the last thing before starting.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire
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Their gaily colored flowers resembling miniature ballet dancers in multi-colored tutus will sway and nod winsomely toward you.
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They went out of the pavilion hand in hand, and on through the sunshine they strolled, swinging hands gaily, reacting exuberantly from the week of deadening toil.
CHAPTER II
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There are bedsteads of bamboo; the universal tortilla-stone; mats of palm-leaf; baskets of the same material; a small altar-like fireplace in the middle of the floor; a bandolin hanging by the wall; a saddle of stamped leather, profusely ornamented with silver nails and plates; a hair bridle, with huge Mameluke bit; an escopette and sword, or machete; an endless variety of gaily-painted bowls, dishes, and cups, but neither knife, fork, nor spoon.
The Rifle Rangers
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The brigandish guise which the Canaller so proudly sports; his slouched and gaily-ribboned hat betoken his grand features.
Moby Dick; or the Whale
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These look quite smart when not worn over the head, especially when there is a contrasting lining as the open hood resembles the gaily coloured scarves or headsquares that many women wear as a decorative fashion accessory.
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*] The nieces, of whom Balzac was really extremely fond, "sulked" no longer, but wrote letters which their uncle praised highly, and which he answered gaily and amusingly.
Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings
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All the while there is soft or merry music coming from violins, accordions, barrel organsor small orchestras of street musicians, some of them in gaily colored apparel.
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The people love their cities - the concerts in the park in summer, the grand operas, the canals along the promenade where children sail gaily colored toy boats.
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He saw us all peering out from the Club and waved gaily to us, like royalty.
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They fell in the gaily lit hall with a flutter like demented birds attempting flight.
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Do they exert any more influence than gaily coloured gold foot-high statues and silver records that can be displayed, proudly, upon a wall?
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How dare our scientists gaily produce such ‘unnatural’ organisms.
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It was a fitting room for revelry, with its gaily painted walls and ceiling, now with its ropes of natural blossoms festooning windows and chaining gasalier to gasalier.
A Heart-Song of To-day
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Liveried men and gaily caparisoned horses filled the area to capacity.
Secrets of the Tudor Court
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As we walked down the steep path into the nullah a brace of red-legged partridges (chikor) rose in a great fuss, and sailed gaily across the river, whose roaring gained ominously in volume as we drew near.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
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Dinner is ready!" she called gaily as she ran; and the sound of her voice made Rebecca sit up quickly, and exclaim:
A Little Maid of Old Maine
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I could hear her gaily singing in her bedroom.
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Horses in the wild don't jump over gaily coloured poles - however man has made a sport of show jumping.
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Her basket no longer swung jauntily from its place at the crook of her elbow, nor did she bounce gaily on the springy moss beneath her feet.
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Or do you leave it - gaily decorated in bright happy colors - as a shrine to who was lost and a constant lancing reminder?
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So you won't be hearing from me until then - assuming that I make it out alive and without that cow disease people caught at Glastonbury after gaily flinging wet dirt at each other for the festival's duration.
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Their gaily colored flowers resembling miniature ballet dancers in multi-colored tutus will sway and nod winsomely toward you.
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Some themes are adopted from the Minoan repertoire - ladies in gaily coloured flounced skirts, acrobatic bull leapers - though they tend to be more stiffly drawn and lack the grace and spontaneity so characteristic of Minoan art.
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Mary, who had always been a little coquette and didn't change her ways despite the fact that she was to be married, talked gaily with all the earnest men surrounding her, although they'd been warned against pursuing anything.
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I don't know that all the Haligonian washerwomen live around it, but certainly a good percentage of them must, for the yard is a network of lines from which sundry and divers garments are always streaming gaily to the breezes.
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
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Straining her eyes into the aphotic depths beyond the carved and painted pillars -- no two alike and all gaily colored like psychedelic barber poles -- she heard the whispery hiss of the torch as it burned in her hands and the faint, quick creaking of Antryg's belt as he moved here and there, drawing out a five-point star within the double circle around them.
The Silicon Mage
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Hop up, girls," she called gaily to Betty and Madeline.
Betty Wales, Sophomore
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The ladies sat at the stern of each boat to cheer their rowers on, waving handkerchiefs and laughing gaily at the sport.
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He put on a gaily coloured shirt.
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Her basket no longer swung jauntily from its place at the crook of her elbow, nor did she bounce gaily on the springy moss beneath her feet.
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Aloho-ate, lazy one!" she called gaily from below.
Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina
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I could hear her gaily singing in her bedroom.
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It is useless to dub a Frenchman unreal and theatrical when he gaily carries his unreality and his perception of the dramatic to the lucarne of the guillotine and meets imperturbably the most real thing on earth,
The Last Hope
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We laugh gaily and chat and huddle in small groups.
Times, Sunday Times
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Under stripy umbrellas belonging to gaily painted hotels, we were drinking cocktails and playing cards.
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But in the fantasies that unreel in her 16-year-old mind, she gaily walks the red carpet and flirtatiously poses for a music video.
Women of 'Precious' undertake transformational roles
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Their gaily colored flowers resembling miniature ballet dancers in multi-colored tutus will sway and nod winsomely toward you.
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Then he went behind a blanket that was hung up at one side of the wikiup, all the time talking gaily to Cowboy Jack and Mr. Bunker, and when he reappeared he was dressed just as Daddy Bunker dressed back home when he went to the lodge or to a banquet!
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
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Her dream is always the same: she becomes a dancer on TV's Hullabaloo and gaily frugs the night away.
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I picked up the flowers and smelt them gaily for extra effect, but he was already crying and too wrapped up in his own world to notice me.
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But why is it some people are the soul of sobriety and never suffer the next day with a hangover, while others can't help behaving badly when the wine is flowing and gaily fling all their inhibitions into the file marked B for bin?
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Something evil seemed to pulsate from inside the gaily wrapped package.
KISS OF THE BEES
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Its gaily coloured lettering made no concessions to tragedy.
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The gaily coloured banners and balloons decorating the streets give the impression of an impromptu homecoming party.
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Laurel apparently felt them watching her, and she waved to them, smiling gaily.
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Birds twittered gaily, nestled safe between the trees, and flowers unfolded into bright, matured blooms.
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The friendly breeze freshened again next day, and on we went once more before it gallantly: descrying now and then an English ship going homeward under shortened sail, while we, with every inch of canvas crowded on, dashed gaily past, and left her far behind.
American Notes for General Circulation
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Heidi jumped and bounded gaily by their side.
Heidi
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Broken in half, a gaily coloured cloth tied to it fluttered in the mild breeze.
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Christy laughed haughtily, waved gaily at them, then took off again, in case her little taunt had - by any chance - brought on a second wind for them.
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The sashimi raw fish that follows, is an artistically balanced, oceanic medley of gaily garnished prawns, bouyant seabream and flat fish.
Sara Waxman: Eating Beauty: An Adventure in Japanese Cuisine
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‘Sometimes I think we're like the first-class passengers on the Titanic, sailing gaily to our doom with the champagne flowing, the lights blazing and the band playing on,’ Ms Caplin mused.
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And while it does not gaily dismiss contradictions with allusions to bulk and multitudinousness, it is able to subscribe to opposing views—the belief, for example, that the Hebrew bible is both divinely inspired and compiled by human hands—and still get business done.
The fox’s apology
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Something evil seemed to pulsate from inside the gaily wrapped package.
KISS OF THE BEES
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The range will be covered with gaily colored windflags.
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I could hear her gaily singing in her bedroom.
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Thereafter were more smiles and nods, accompanied by the ever recurrent "altro", the transfer of certain bills into the stout man's pocket, and Geoffrey Ravenslee sallied forth into the street, bound for Mulligan's, with the chattering Tony beside him and the gaily-painted barrow before him, receiving many friendly hints as to the pitfalls and intricacies of the peanut trade and hearkening with unflagging interest to the story of "lil Pietro" and the unbounded goodness of "da Signorina Hermione.
The Definite Object A Romance of New York
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You looked forward to parking your car gaily, anywhere, without the hassle of a parking attendant breathing down your back waving a parking slip.
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Nearby a dignified Rembrandt chatted to a wanton-looking Salome who was gaily clutching John the Baptist's head.
RESCUING ROSE
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The gaily painted rooms continue the Caribbean theme and include a double bed and two bunks with en-suite bathroom.
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The gaily striped awnings of the little shops and market stalls made an attractive scene.
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Alpiew noticed that Godfrey was there too, sitting in a corner, chattering gaily.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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Their gay colours attract insects, as do also their sweet odours and honeyed secretions; and that this is the main function of colour in flowers is shown by the striking fact, that those flowers which can be perfectly fertilized by the wind, and do not need the aid of insects, _rarely or never have gaily-coloured flowers_.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays
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During the dry season, on the topmost boughs of the lofty trees growing on the gapo lands, large gaily-coloured birds, with huge beaks of the shape of a banana or pacova, are perched, in bands of five or six, uttering loud, shrill, and yelping cries, having somewhat the resemblance to "Tocano! tocano! tocano!
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
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The mushroom cloud of a nuclear blast is superimposed on the roughly similar form of a gaily colored beach umbrella and is set next to a blue, cloudlike mass of bubbles escaping from a diver's breathing apparatus.
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As Nicholas and Colette gaily threw horseshoes, laughing merrily and cheering the other on, Caroline stood at the back.
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We should don instead gaily coloured ponchos and ban such expressions as ‘when you get to my age’.
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But no, she gaily turns it down to zero and tells me this might be an opportunity to slip out to town and change the gloves I bought her at Christmas for something not quite as orange and perhaps in an adult size.
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We laugh gaily and chat and huddle in small groups.
Times, Sunday Times
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While the gaily coloured and richly sugared chocolate eggs that we enjoy are recent in origin, the real egg, decorated with colours or gilt, has been acknowledged as a symbol of continuing life and resurrection since long.
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gaily wrapped gifts
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So Little John clambered awkwardly into the quire, his short gown fluttering gaily; and he called the banns for the marriage of the maid and Allan-a-Dale once, twice, and thrice.
Robin Hood
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Ringing gaily, they swing and sway resoundingly—as each rings and rings, an angel in heaven wins its wings.
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It's not our fight, sweetheart," she called gaily over her shoulder, taking a whisky tumbler from a cupboard and unscrewing the bottle to top up her own and pour him a generous slug.
Fox Evil
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RP galumphed along gaily until she reached the shade of a small tree, where she planted herself and waited patiently for me.
Archive 2009-05-01
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It is useless to dub a Frenchman unreal and theatrical when he gaily carries his unreality and his perception of the dramatic to the lucarne of the guillotine and meets imperturbably the most real thing on earth, Death.
The Last Hope
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Emperor, was allowed to enter a kind of charnel-house, and to see what had been the lovely gaily-painted vellums lying squalidly piled in heaps.
The Great Book-Collectors
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And slipping my arm round the waist of the first disengaged girl -- we were not then, mind you, in Atlantic City -- I kissed her dimpling cheek unreproached, and gaily followed in the drift of humanity, trending with a low hum of pleasure towards the great white terraces under the palace porch.
Gulliver of Mars
