gleefully

1. 1.

   in a joyous and gleeful manner

   “the old man had greeted her gleefully”

   Synonymsjoyouslyjoyfully

Questions about gleefully

What does gleefully mean?

gleefully means "in a joyous and gleeful manner".

How many syllables are in gleefully?

gleefully has 3 syllables: glee-ful-ly. The stress falls on "glee". In IPA it is /ˈɡlifəli/.

What is another word for gleefully?

Close synonyms include joyously, joyfully. 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 gleefully a common word?

gleefully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.