gayly
- a variation of gaily.
Example Sentences
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Thankfully, for both of us, my emotional support beagle, Scotty, runs in from the yard and gayly jumps on the sofa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Rhythmically, spiritedly, pathetically and gayly, “The Broadway Melody” will make you believe it, even if you don’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
After that the 60 youthful guests fox-trotted sedately about the huge East Room, occasionally frisked a bit more gayly to rumbas and congas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And Wall Street was further impressed by the fact that Tom Girdler & friends gayly waved their plans in the faces of businessmen now deep sunk in the jitters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was smiling now, gayly, and talking as if the words themselves didn’t matter but that it was important to talk, as if the words were safety valves.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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