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joyously

joyously adverb: in a joyful manner; joyfully.

Adverb

joyously (comparative more joyously, superlative most joyously)

  1. In a joyful manner; joyfully.
    • Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking joyously.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 259
    • Unusually, it runs non-stop from Hounslow to Barnes, and we took this 5¾ miles so joyously that we had to wait nearly two minutes at Barnes for the right-away!1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”, in Railway Magazine, page 585

Examples of joyously in a sentence

  • Most joyously recalled is the blueberrying — a pleasure I had not had since my youthful days.
  • So when I settled down that day I wrote feverishly and I wrote joyously.
  • Seizing a quarter-stave, he laid about him joyously.

All 10 example sentences with joyously

Synonyms of joyously

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All synonyms of joyously

Forms of joyously

comparativemore joyously
superlativemost joyously

Origin of joyously

From Middle English joyously, equivalent to joyous + -ly.

Questions about joyously

What does joyously mean?
Joyously means in a joyful manner; joyfully.
What part of speech is joyously?
Joyously is an adverb.

Words near joyously in the dictionary

  1. Joynt
  2. joynter
  3. joynters
  4. Joynts
  5. joyous
  6. joyously
  7. joyousness
  8. joyousnesses
  9. joypad
  10. joypads
  11. joypop

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