joyously

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adverb

In a joyful manner; joyfully.

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbjoyously (comparative more joyously, superlative most joyously)

comparative more joyously · superlative most joyously

  1. In a joyful manner; joyfully.

    Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking joyously.

    1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 259
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    Unusually, it runs non-stop from Hounslow to Barnes, and we took this 5¾ miles so joyously that we had to wait nearly two minutes at Barnes for the right-away!

    1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”, in Railway Magazine, page 585

    Synonyms: gaily, mirthfully, blessedly, bubblingly, chearfully, cheerfully, cheerily, cheerly

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a joyous and gleeful manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishjoyously
  2. Englishjoyously

From Middle English joyously, equivalent to joyous + -ly.

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