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Definition of Joyfully
1. Adverb. In a joyous and gleeful manner. "The old man had greeted her gleefully"
Definition of Joyfully
1. Adverb. In a joyful manner; joyously ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joyfully
1. joyful [adv] - See also: joyful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyfully
Literary usage of Joyfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... of willingness as opposed to aversion : one who is suffering under excruciating
pains gladly submits to anything which promisee relief: joyfully denotes ..."
2. Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Hugh Thomson (1891)
"In church, he held his double eye-glass to his eyes during the Morning Hymn, and
then lifted up his head erect and sang out loud and joyfully. ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1884)
"Manfully, manfully, let us press on, Filling up time with duties well done,
Patiently, trustingly, without a fear, joyfully, joyfully, while we stay here. ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... and Flavius verie joyfully received againe his Emelia (when he knewe she was
no devill) and bothe the marriages consumat in one day. ..."
5. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1899)
"And he made haste, and came down, and 2 received him joyfully. ... And received
him joyfully. He had obtained not only what he had hoped for, ..."
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