Meaning & use
Gleefully
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In a manner full of great delight or high-spirited joy, often with a hint of mischief.
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The children ran gleefully through the sprinklers on the hot afternoon.
She gleefully announced that she had won the office trivia contest three years running.
A note on using this word
"Gleefully" derives from "glee," an Old English word (gleo) originally meaning entertainment or music, which shifted over centuries toward its modern sense of exuberant joy.
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