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gaily

Syllables: gai·ly/ˈɡeɪli/

gaily adverb: merrily.

Adverb

gaily (comparative more gaily, superlative most gaily)

  1. (dated) Merrily.
  2. (dated) Showily.
    • The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

gaily meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

gaily in Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சியாக

gaily in Urdu

بھڑک داری سے, شوخی سے, زندہ دلی سے

gaily in Bengali

হাসিখুশি ভাবে, জাঁকজমক ভাবে

gaily in Malayalam

മോടിയായി, സഹർഷം, ആഡംബരപൂർവ്വം
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gaily in Kannada
ಖುಷಿಯಾಗಿ, ಉಲ್ಲಾಸದಿಂದ, ಗೆಲುವಿನಿಂದ, ಹಗುರ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ

Examples of gaily in a sentence

  • She laughed gaily and assured me, “Your brother still has the new baby look.
  • On the end is a monster spoon-hook, gaily ornamented with gaudy feathers.
  • Art department needs a drafting board so they can gaily align ("straighten") the rag more quickly.

All 21 example sentences with gaily

Synonyms of gaily

7 more synonymsFewer synonyms

All synonyms of gaily

Forms of gaily

comparativemore gaily
superlativemost gaily

Origin of gaily

From gay + -ly.

Words that rhyme with gaily

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gaily

What does gaily mean?
Gaily means merrily.
What is gaily in Tamil?
Gaily in Tamil is மகிழ்ச்சியாக. See Gaily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gaily?
Gaily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce gaily?
Gaily is pronounced /ˈɡeɪli/.

Words near gaily in the dictionary

  1. gaillardias
  2. Gaillards
  3. Gaillet
  4. gailliarde
  5. gailliardes
  6. gaily
  7. Gaiman
  8. Gaimanesque
  9. Gaimster
  10. gain
  11. gain ground

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaily (page history and authors); gaily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gaily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gaily (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gaily (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gaily (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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