joyouslyadv.
/ˈdʒɔɪəsli/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔɪəsli/ In a joyous manner, joyfully, gladsomely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb]
gladlyc900
hightlyOE
blithelyc1000
merryOE
joyfullyc1330
gamelya1375
glada1400
merrilyc1400
joyinglyc1430
gladfully?c1450
joyously1474
deliciously1481
gladsomely1487
mirthfully1508
delightfully?1567
delightingly1602
delightedly1654
on wings1859
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 116 And wente his way right Ioyously.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxvj A greate nombre of horsses..whiche thei ioyously brought with them to Roan.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X6 Whom when she saw so ioyously come forth, She gan reioyce. View more context for this quotation
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 29 Nor noticed I where joyously Sate my two younger babes at play.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 214 He is singing in his bunk, as joyously as ever.
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