jocundlyadv.
/ˈdʒɒk(ʌ)ndli/, /ˈdʒəʊk(ʌ)ndli/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑkən(d)li/, /ˈdʒoʊkən(d)li/ In a jocund manner; cheerfully, cheerily, merrily, gaily; with mirth or glee; with a light heart.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb]
merryOE
feastlya1325
gailya1375
gay?a1400
festivally?c1400
merrilyc1400
jocundly1471
mirthfully1508
jolly1615
chirpingly1650
jollily1670
jovially1704
festively1793
gleeishly1828
gleesomely1850
gleefully1862
hilariously1863
1471 Arriv. Edw. IV (Camden) 11 When ethar party welcomyd and jocundly receyvyd othar with perfect frindlynes.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Fiii Iocondly iestynge: with worde of wantonnesse.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. F He woulde ieste very iocundly.
1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome ii. xiii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1361 They..clad themselves in the skins of the goats which they had sacrificed, and then fell to hopping and dauncing full jocundly.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 498 He is ruined jocundly and pleasantly, and damned according to his Heart's desire.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus i. ii. 40 At least we'll wear our fetters jocundly.
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