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Meanings of gleefully in English

Portuguese
com prazer

In a joyous and gleeful manner.

com prazer
Usage of gleefully in English
1
The Lovely Zealots.' He slapped a hand down on the table, gleefully.
The marks of cain
2
The lady in question was about sixty-five, stout, kind, and gleefully vulgar.
Bag of Bones
3
Some people in the Pentagon screamed while others gleefully clapped their hands.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
4
And would that president have gleefully mimicked so many of his crimes?
NY Magazine
5
The child laughed gleefully, as children do when caught in such games.
The Desired Woman
6
The latter laughed gleefully as she saw the hand coming her way.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
7
Zusthra and Alben were speculating gleefully on what was currently going on.
Hidden Warrior
8
She laughed wildly, even gleefully, almost in the face of her companion.
Her Weight in Gold
9
She laughed in turn, as gleefully and as musically as a child.
The Puritans
10
The girl clapped her hands gleefully, what time the nightingale sang on.
Chivalry
11
The prisoner laughed, gleefully, and slapping his companion upon the back, exclaimed:
Bucholz and the Detectives
12
Tyee rubbed his hands gleefully as the dry structure burned and crackled.
Children of the Frost
13
She held out her hand and pulled him gleefully up the steps.
The Wings of the Morning
14
The children hid their faces behind their books and chuckled most gleefully.
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel
15
When she reached the door she turned again and gleefully taunted Edwin.
Clayhanger
16
How Mönchengladbach gleefully took advantage, in succeeding where Manchester City could not.
The Guardian
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Translations for gleefully
Gleefully through the time
Gleefully across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common