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gaily

[gey-lee] / ˈgeɪ li /


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The longer the delay, the greater the satisfaction when everything is gaily resolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

But she has skipped gaily upon each milestone, obscuring the nature and means of that progress.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2024

The butterflies enter first, quivering gaily atop their sticks.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

The scene in question shows her determination to get them on her page: Julia gaily waltzes into the offices of WGBH, cake plate in hand and ready to negotiate with a side of sugar.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2022

Heady with the smell of their own musk, thrilled by the easy power of a majority, they gaily harassed her.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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