gleefully

Definition

With glee; joyfully

Etymology

From gleeful + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "Al Habsi, so outstanding at Arsenal on Saturday, somehow scrambled the ball off the line, but only as far as Agbonlahor, who gleefully nodded home his first Premier League goal since last April."
• "Of course, the game that was ruining workplace productivity and infrastructure wasn’t innocent Tetris or the nationalistic Wolfenstein 3D—it was a game in which an ultraviolent marine gleefully murdered demons on a satanic Mars."
• "After refusing to sit down, [Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas] was escorted out of the House chamber, as some Republican lawmakers gleefully chanted “sha-nah-nah-nah, hey hey hey, goodbye.”"

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