Gladly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gladly \Glad"ly\, adv. [From {Glad}, a.]
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     1. Preferably; by choice. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.


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              The common people heard him gladly.   --Mark xii.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gladly
       adv : in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would
             fain do it" [syn: {lief}, {fain}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "gladly":
     airily, blessedly, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily,
     delightedly, ecstatically, elatedly, exultantly, genially, happily,
     hopefully, irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, jubilantly, lightly,
     optimistically, pleasantly, rapturously, readily, rhapsodically,
     smilingly, willingly, with good cheer, with pleasure