gleefully

[glee-fuhl-ee]

adverb

1. with exultant, often mischievous joy or delight; merrily.

   My little niece snapped a photo of her mama and gleefully showed us the image she just captured.

Other Word Forms

• ungleefully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleefully¹

First recorded in 1730–40; gleeful ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

Tessier's score shortly after the restart was gleefully celebrated by Canada who sensed it was the one that put them out of reach.

From BBC

One reviewer called the film "a feature-length ad for Kerala tourism" that "gleefully bulldozes over all possibilities of any cultural nuance".

From BBC

Trailing 47-0 to England in Northampton, Samoa gleefully got on the board by registering their first points of this World Cup through the boot of Harmony Vatau.

From BBC

She gleefully told him to “stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else” in a video shared on social media earlier this month.

From Salon

Spurs were scintillating on their visit here last November and inflicted a 4-0 thrashing, but they were given a helping hand on this occasion and it was one they gleefully accepted.

From BBC

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