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Meanings of gayly in English

Portuguese
contentemente

In a joyous manner.

contentemente

In a cheerful or merry manner.

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Examples for "cheerfully"
Examples for "cheerfully"
1
I know several of his colleagues who would cheerfully accept the task.
The Irish Times
2
You must come up and talk to me,' ordered Sir Julian cheerfully.
This rough magic
3
In August, the private detective industry reported, cheerfully, an uptick in business.
The Guardian
4
Meet me in front of my house in ten, she said cheerfully.
God don't like ugly
5
But he was looking forward to levelling the score, he'd said cheerfully.
The Neutronium Alchemist
1
The girls stood up in the grandstand and waved their banners gaily.
The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cad...
2
At his command the British ensign soon fluttered gaily in the breeze.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
3
Out in the street the sun shone gaily down on peaceful Battersea.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
4
She jumped up gaily with the question still throbbing in her throat.
A Daughter of To-Day
5
You let your ward go about gaily and stylishly; I am content.
The School for Husbands
Usage of gayly in English
1
We all heard her laughing gayly among the ladies in the hall.
Little Novels
2
The vessel was coming gayly up the river flying the new flag.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
3
She waved her cigarette and cried gayly in her hearty resonant voice:
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
4
Kneeling gayly down, we piled the wood in the deep, wide chimney.
Aftermath / Part second of "A Kentucky Cardinal"
5
And they fell in gayly with her whimsy and called her T.O.
Four Girls and a Compact
6
In reality the old Shylock's heart was leaping gayly in his breast.
The Sky Line of Spruce
7
Nut-hatches and wood-peckers ran gayly up the warming trunks of the trees.
The Blazed Trail
8
The music of the new symphony began gayly enough-itwas even merry.
The Great German Composers
9
The soldiers wore rich armor, and the cavalry rode gayly caparisoned horses.
Stories Of Georgia
10
And Betty laughed gayly at the untruthfulness of this picture of herself.
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill
11
The soldiers looked up and called out gayly at sight of Lucia.
Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy
12
He bowed gayly to the young girl, and exclaimed to his companions:
A Thorny Path — Volume 01
13
Fifth Avenue pushed gayly and busily by her under the leaden sky.
The Heart of Rachael
14
They chatted gayly as the older man ordered importantly from the head-waiter.
Merton of the Movies
15
And he had his share with the rest, and all feasted gayly.
Algonquin Legends of New England
16
She thanked her uncle cheerfully and gayly, and the journey was settled.
Lucretia — Volume 02
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