gaily
IPA: gˈeɪɫi
adverb
- (dated) Merrily.
- (dated) Showily.
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Examples of "gaily" in Sentences
- He ran gaily to the tennis team.
- The tail should be well set on and gaily carried.
- They sit down to dine, while Musetta gaily sings.
- I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done.
- "Aloho-ate, lazy one!" she called gaily from below.
- It should be carried gaily but not curled over the back.
- "Hop up, girls," she called gaily to Betty and Madeline.
- I took it to the bank to have it notarized and gaily signed it.
- The child rushed towards Santi, creeping as usual and laughing gaily.
- A gaily embroidered and very abbreviated bodice leaves the waist bare.
- The romance ends when Beaver sends Penny a toad in a gaily wrapped box.
- Turning to Holger, he called gaily, 'That wasn't too bad, though, was it?'
- The streets are filled with gaily dressed people who are in a real spring mood.
- "May you one day catch a Panon-worth," she called gaily, and took the hand of Oroles.
- "Dinner is ready!" she called gaily as she ran; and the sound of her voice made Rebecca sit up quickly, and exclaim:
- "Then good night, lovely Blossom," he called gaily while he turned back into the bridle path which led like a frayed white seam over the pasture.
- She called gaily to all the women, including Gertie, then left the carriage on the walk, and from her coalhouse dragged out a large trough-like box.
- "It's not our fight, sweetheart," she called gaily over her shoulder, taking a whisky tumbler from a cupboard and unscrewing the bottle to top up her own and pour him a generous slug.
- Her washwoman's family consisted of four children, and a husband who blew in gaily once in a while when in need of funds, or when recovering from a protracted spree, which made a few days 'nursing very welcome.
- And he does this all while staggering about the stage tripping over things in gaily-stockinged feet (yes, I have a soft spot for gawky boys in colorful socks), fussing with the mix, swapping instruments on the fly, and -- in the grand tradition of Bowie and Byrne -- dancing like an utter spaz.