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Meaning of GLADLY

Pronunciation:  gladlee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adv]  in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
 

GLADLY is a 6 letter word that starts with G.

 

 Synonyms: fain, lief
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Glad"ly\, adv. [From {Glad}, a.]
1. Preferably; by choice. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.

         The common people heard him gladly.   --Mark xii.
                                               37.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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