joyfully

Everyday

In a very happy, glad way, full of joy. tree →

In the lessons

Used in stories to show how a character does something: they shout, sing or run joyfully. In church and Christmas songs people sing joyfully. It tells the reader the feeling is strong and happy, more than «happily».

Examples

• The dog leapt joyfully at the door. tree →
• The children ran joyfully into the sea. tree →
• The bells rang joyfully on Christmas morning. tree →
• Mole cried joyfully when he smelled his old home. tree →
• She joyfully opened her birthday present. tree →
• The crowd cheered joyfully when the team scored. tree →
• "That was Kay!" said Gerda joyfully. tree →

Note

From «joy» + «-ful» + «-ly»: one l in joyful, two l in joyfully. Opposite: sadly, sorrowfully.

In Jewish tradition

Used in stories to show how a character does something: they shout, sing or run joyfully. In church and Christmas songs people sing joyfully. It tells the reader the feeling is strong and happy, more than «happily».

Examples

• Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness, those that remembered Thee in Thy ways — behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned — upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved. (Prophets ISA.64.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

From «joy» + «-ful» + «-ly»: one l in joyful, two l in joyfully. Opposite: sadly, sorrowfully.