What does gayly mean?

gayly means "in a joyous manner".

How many syllables are in gayly?

gayly has 2 syllables and divides as gay-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for gayly?

Close synonyms include happily, merrily, mirthfully, blithely, jubilantly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gayly a common word?

gayly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Gayly — meaning, 5 synonyms and examples

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a joyous manner
“they shouted happily”
Synonymshappily merrily mirthfully blithely jubilantly

Questions about gayly

What does gayly mean?: gayly means "in a joyous manner".
How many syllables are in gayly?: gayly has 2 syllables and divides as gay-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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