rejoicinglyadv.
/rᵻˈdʒɔɪsɪŋli/, U.S. /rəˈdʒɔɪsɪŋli/, /riˈdʒɔɪsɪŋli/ In a rejoicing manner; with rejoicing.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [adverb]
rejoicingly?1554
cock-a-hoopa1616
in triumpha1616
exultingly1661
triumphantly1791
jubilantly1868
exultantly1883
?1554 J. Heywood Balade Mariage betwene our Soveraigne Lord & Lady 1/1 This birde, this floure for perche doth take Reioysinglie him selfe to prune He rousith, rypelie to awake Upon this perche to chose his make.
1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 153 Reioycinglie they would suffer any death at the handes of the Romanes.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw iii. 36 A Fountain..doth at the sound of a pipe rejoycingly exult and leap up.
1751 T. Sampson Preparation for Happy Eternity 98 Canst thou rejoicingly say to God, Thou art all Wisdom, and seest my Wants.
1829 R. Southey Pilgrim to Compostella iii, in All for Love 173 The Father and Mother were last in the train; Rejoicingly they came.
1909 H. James Golden Bowl (new ed.) I. Pref. p. xiv That phase of anxiety, I was rejoicingly to learn, belonged all but to the state of postponed experience.
1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 8/1 Warner..discovered, rejoicingly, in the vicissitudes of daily life a constant inspiration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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