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also gayly
1
as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner
we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days
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2
as in lively
in a quick and spirited manner
children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school
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3
as in brightly
in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety
the Mexican dancers were gaily dressed in lavish, bright costumes
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Recent Examples of gaily
Passengers stood at the windows, waving gaily.
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Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
With the Meyerson gaily festooned for the holiday season, there were lighting effects and some projections.
—Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
All the elements to the left of plutonium in the periodic table are quite willing to share electrons with each other, gaily forming compounds hither and thither; the elements to the right, far less so.
—Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
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Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
With the Meyerson gaily festooned for the holiday season, there were lighting effects and some projections.
—Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
All the elements to the left of plutonium in the periodic table are quite willing to share electrons with each other, gaily forming compounds hither and thither; the elements to the right, far less so.
—Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
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“Gaily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaily. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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