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also gayly
1
as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner
we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days
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2
as in lively
in a quick and spirited manner
children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school
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3
as in brightly
in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety
the Mexican dancers were gaily dressed in lavish, bright costumes
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Recent Examples of gaily
With the Meyerson gaily festooned for the holiday season, there were lighting effects and some projections.
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Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
Casanova gaily set off for southern Italy, expecting to live well there.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
Casanova gaily set off for southern Italy, expecting to live well there.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
See All Example Sentences for gaily
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“Gaily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaily. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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