gleefully

[ UK /ɡlˈiːfəli/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫifəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a joyous and gleeful manner
    the old man had greeted her gleefully
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How To Use gleefully In A Sentence

  • The GOP consultant who designed the ad gleefully called the mugshot “every suburban mother’s greatest fear.” The Volokh Conspiracy » The Perils of High Public Office
  • But the greatest relief of all was to discover that the apartment contained a bathroom and a latrine — for, as the agent gleefully explained, the insula lay right athwart one of Rome’s main sewers, and was legally supplied with an adjutage to the water supply. The First Man in Rome
  • It was only when I was on the second sachet and gleefully exhorting the recalcitrant bubbling cauldron to cleanse thyself, that the Gamekeeper ran in gasping and flung all the windows open. 42 entries from November 2007
  • Did you applaud the hauliers and farmers and gleefully hope that their muscle would bring down the cost of fuel?
  • Here, we gleefully slosh about in communal pools of thick brown gloop, pouring it over ourselves with plastic pails and savouring the eucalyptus-like aroma, before washing it off under hot jets of salty spring water.
  • Chandra sighed and watched as the girls gleefully sorted through the assorted treasures they were unearthing.
  • Clarkson & Co'sdogged shilling for a thoroughly modern ie gleefully irresponsible, stonewashed brand of middle age. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die
  • This is an attempt to bring us to a better understanding of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which the creationists - through willful ignorance - gleefully flaunt as their disproof of science.
  • But her narrative gains from the tangible physicality of theatre and gleefully combines eroticism and wit.
  • Small arcs of electricity played over its surface as his eyes danced gleefully.
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