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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gladly, lief, fainadverb

    in a willing manner

    "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"

Wiktionary

  1. gladlyadverb

    In a glad manner; happily.

  2. Etymology: From gladly, gladliche, from glædlice, equivalent to. Compare glædelig, gleðilegur. More at glad, -ly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gladlyadverb

    Joyfully; with gayety; with merriment; with triumph; with exultation.

    Etymology: from glad.

    For his particular, I’ll receive him gladly;
    But not one follower. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    You are going to set us right; and ’tis an advantage every body will gladly see you engross the glory of. Edward Blount, to Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Gladly

    "Gladly" is a song by British musician Tirzah. It was produced by Micachu aka Mica Levi. The single was released on 3 March 2018.

ChatGPT

  1. gladly

    Gladly is an adverb that means with pleasure or willingly. It is used to express someone's readiness or eagerness to happily or cheerfully perform a certain action. It signifies positivity, enthusiasm, and agreeable attitude towards something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gladlyadjective

    preferably; by choice

  2. Gladlyadjective

    with pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly

  3. Etymology: [From Glad, a.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gladly in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gladly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gladly in a Sentence

  1. Sophocles:

    Someone asked Sophocles, How do you feel now about sex? Are you able to have a woman? He replied, Hush man most gladly indeed am I rid off it all, as though I had escaped from a mad and savage master.

  2. Mariana Fulger:

    If you keep the mind awake, alive, the rest of your being follows it gladly..

  3. Laurentiu Baciu:

    Romanian grain farmers will gladly embrace the genetically modified maize crops, it's common sense that any maize farmer, be it in Spain or in Portugal or in Romania, would like to reduce production costs and eventually reap a bigger harvest.

  4. Morgane Stapleton:

    I was like, you know, I would gladly fly to wherever in the world just to be a small part and get to watch that show going down.

  5. Lyndon Johnson:

    Dick, you may be right. But if that's the price I've got ta pay, I'm going to gladly do it.

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    cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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