gaily
with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
with showiness; showily.
Origin of gaily
1- Also gay·ly .
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How to use gaily in a sentence
She took a cigarette from the gayly tendered case and smoked for a few moments in silence.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAt his side was the girl, a slender body in drab, tossing her hat gayly about at the end of its long string.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHe laughed gayly and pointed across the country where half a dozen spires of smoke were rising.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydIf Scattergood could have heard this conversation perhaps he would not have been so gayly partaking of the softer joys of life.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandEt moi,” answered her companion gayly, “Je prends une limonade!
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
British Dictionary definitions for gaily
/ (ˈɡeɪlɪ) /
in a lively manner; cheerfully
with bright colours; showily
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