Gleefully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Gleefully is an adverb meaning With glee; joyfully.
Meaning
With glee; joyfully.
Example Sentences
After refusing to sit down, [Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas] was escorted out of the House chamber, as some Republican lawmakers gleefully chanted “sha-nah-nah-nah, hey hey hey, goodbye.”
Al Habsi, so outstanding at Arsenal on Saturday, somehow scrambled the ball off the line, but only as far as Agbonlahor, who gleefully nodded home his first Premier League goal since last April.
Of course, the game that was ruining workplace productivity and infrastructure wasn’t innocent Tetris or the nationalistic Wolfenstein 3D—it was a game in which an ultraviolent marine gleefully murdered demons on a satanic Mars.
Synonyms for gleefully
Depending on context, synonyms include joyfully, joyously.
Antonyms for gleefully
Common opposites include joylessly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include joyously, joyfully, delightedly, rejoicefully, gladfully, rejoicingly.
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