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Definition of Gayly
1. Adverb. In a joyous manner. "They shouted happily"
Partainyms: Blithe, Gay, Happy, Jubilant, Merry, Mirthful
Antonyms: Unhappily
Definition of Gayly
1. adv. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.
Definition of Gayly
1. Adverb. Cheerfully; in a gay manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gayly
1. in a gay manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gayly
| gaydars gaydom gayelles gayers gayest gayeties gayety gayfaces gayfeather gayish | gaylus-site gaylussite gayly (current term) gaymers gaymos gayne gayned gaynes gaynesses gayning | gays gaysian gaysians gaysome |
Literary usage of Gayly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc. by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin, George Paton (1870)
"TXT'ERE gayly yet, and we're gayly yet, And we're no very fou, but we're gayly yet;
... And we're gayly yet, &c. There were three lads, and they were clad, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"I BUILT my castle upon the seaside» The waves roll so gayly 0, ... A gray old
harper sung to me, The waves roll so gayly O, Beware of the damsel of the sea ..."
3. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"... never show himself, Who could not with his beams e'er melt me so, Hy dripping
locks, — they would become an elf, Who in a beaded coat does gayly go. ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"Within was silk, without was stone, The waves roll so gayly O, ... A gray old
harper sang to me, The waves roll so gayly O, " Beware of the Damsel of the ..."
5. Washington Close-ups: Intimate Views of Some Public Figures by Edward George Lowry (1921)
"... BRYAN: gayly ThE TROUBADOUR MR. BRYAN is one of the great troubadours, and as
such I sing him. Never in our time was another such as he. ..."
6. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"Lucretius speaks of the cost of their favors, giving us also an interesting
picture of the gayly dressed wanton: "Amply though endowed, His wealth decays, ..."
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