joyously

1. 1.

   in a joyous and gleeful manner

   “the old man had greeted her gleefully”

   Synonymsgleefullyjoyfully

Questions about joyously

What does joyously mean?

joyously means "in a joyous and gleeful manner".

How many syllables are in joyously?

joyously has 2 syllables and divides as joyou-sly 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 joyously?

Close synonyms include gleefully, 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 joyously a common word?