gaily
Example Sentences
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But she has skipped gaily upon each milestone, obscuring the nature and means of that progress.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2024
A gaily canonical return to the anthological form, swashbuckling spirit, social commentary and puckish humor of what is now referred to as “The Original Series,” with technological upgrades and built-out characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
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
Texts from the Karnak temple complex near Luxor describe baboons as “announcing” Ra while “they dance for him, jump gaily for him, sing praises for him, and shout out for him.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2021
“I’ll put on some clogs. I’m in my Ruby Keeler phase,” the young man told Ignatius gaily.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing gaily
Let's Go Caroling, List 3
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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Novel Study: Bless Me, Ultima, Chapters 1–9
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