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Definition: Gleefully |
GleefullyAdverb1. In a joyous and gleeful manner; "the old man had greeted her gleefully". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gleefully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: GleefullySynonyms: joyfully (adv), joyously (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: joylessly (adv). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Willie laughed gleefully. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Gleefully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gleefully" is used about 123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 123 | 28,925 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "gleefully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 高兴地 (Gladly). (various references) | |
Czech | radostnì (merrily), škodolibì. (various references) | |
German | fröhliche (blithely, cheerfully, gladsomely). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jókedvűen (blithely, chirpily). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eefullyglay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gleefully" (pronounced glē"fulē) |
| 4 | -f u l ē | anencephaly, artfully, blissfully, carefully, cheerfully, delightfully, joyfully, lawfully, dreadfully, dutifully, faithfully, fitfully, forcefully, frightfully, gainfully, gracefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tactfully, tastefully, tearfully, thankfully, thoughtfully, truthfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-l-l-l-u-y" | |
-2 letters: gleeful. | |
-3 letters: eyeful, gulley. | |
-4 letters: elegy, felly, fugle, fully, gluey, gulfy, gully. | |
-5 letters: eely, feel, fell, flee, fley, flue, fuel, full, glee, gley, glue, gulf, gull, luge, lull, ugly, yell, yule. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-l-l-l-u-y" | |
+3 letters: neglectfully. | |
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