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UK
/dʒˈɔɪfəli/
]
[ US /ˈdʒɔɪfəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɔɪfəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a joyous and gleeful manner
the old man had greeted her gleefully
How To Use joyfully In A Sentence
- As darkness drew near I joyfully and thankfully watched the pinks, purples, blues and golden colors of the sky melt together into a picture-perfect sunset.
- So far, this is a case where I hope gay-rights activists and true liberals -- those who believe in liberty -- will take a deep breath before joyfully exploiting the bathroom balagan as an additional reason to oppose the Senator. What's the Connection?: Hypocrisy Redux
- This grace is freely given and joyfully unregulated. Times, Sunday Times
- Thorpe, on his part, would joyfully have asked her, for he could not quite "unlove" the beautiful face he had once adored, though he knew now exactly what a fierce spirit lived behind it. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl
- Short and joyfully fuzzy indie pop, with chiming guitars and stark vocals. The Sun
- The presence of this entity signifies intense levels of ultramundane energies and dimensional rifts and when detected evokes the joyfully horrific.
- To keep things joyfully askew, director Miguel Arteta intercuts various animations into the film whenever characters take a journey. Flixnjoystix.com! » Not Just Another Teen Movie About YOUTH IN Love! McJeffrey Finds Nothing REVOLTing About Cera’s Latest Comedy!
- At Uplands Betty caught a glimpse of Aunt Lydia between the silver poplars, and called joyfully from the window; but the words were lost in the rattling of the wheels; and as she lay back in her corner, Uplands was left behind, and in a little while they passed into the tavern road and went on beneath the shade of interlacing branches. The Battle Ground
- Thou knowest with what joy I roamed over thy confines, and beheld the universal beauty that then was spread around; how tenderly I whispered through thy flowers, how joyfully I carried up their fragrant odours as a thank-offering to heaven; how merrily I sported on the hills, or taught the branches of thy lofty trees to bow, as in obeisance to Him who made them! Parables From Nature
- He did a Gary dance, and bopped joyfully along the sidewalk and across the street toward my house.