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joyously

adv

Etymology

From Middle English joyously, equivalent to joyous + -ly.

  1. inherited from joyously

Definitions

  1. In a joyful manner

    In a joyful manner; joyfully.

    • Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking joyously.
    • Unusually, it runs non-stop from Hounslow to Barnes, and we took this 5¾ miles so joyously that we had to wait nearly two minutes at Barnes for the right-away!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA