giddily

[gid-l-ee]

adverb

1. with unrestrained high spirits; gleefully.

   She blushed and giggled giddily like a child, squealing, “He smiled at me!”

2. in a way that causes or is affected by vertigo; dizzily.

   The shrine is giddily perched atop a cliff amid medieval fortifications.

3. in a frivolous or silly way.

   School boards in those days were spending giddily to keep up with every fad.

Word History and Origins

Origin of giddily¹

First recorded in 1200–50; giddy ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Brooks beams their way and giddily poses with them for pictures.

From Los Angeles Times

Our president, who would like to be known for his budget cuts, nonetheless giddily celebrates a record trillion-dollar war budget.

From Salon

The girls look at each other and laugh giddily, an unspoken acknowledgment that they meant the same thing.

From Los Angeles Times

Ashley Kidd signed onto the Zoom call a few minutes late, giddily explaining that 12 minutes ago there was an unexpected development in a planned spawn of critically endangered starfish.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he bounded around the stage, giddily filming the audience on his phone, as they hollered out the chorus to Without You.

From BBC