Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a joyous manner; with joy or gladness.

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  • adverb In a joyful manner; joyfully.

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  • adverb in a joyous and gleeful manner

Etymologies

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joyous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Instead it was in Barcelona that he was finally able to express his sexual feelings, as the city emerged joyously from the shadow of dictatorship after Franco's death.

    A life in books: Colm Tóibín Susanna Rustin 2010

  • And, "Contact, Jerry!" she called joyously into the darkness.

    O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Various

  • Nautica hurried to a window, and now saw a blur of light through the fog, showing that the steamer had safely passed us; but, though she called joyously, she was not in time to stay the Commodore, who had already dashed into the cockpit beating the tongueless bell with her curling-irons.

    Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

  • Some people talked learnedly about Shakespeare and hinted of poetry; but the main part of the community spoke the name joyously and familiarly and without awe, as if it were milk and honey in their mouths.

    A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 1906

  • He heard his name called joyously, and recognized the voice of Ivan

    The Secret of the Night Gaston Leroux 1897

  • The Queen acknowledged the service by a gracious nod, but when the chief eunuch opened the door leading into the children's rooms, she called joyously to the brother and sister, "Come!"

    Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The Queen acknowledged the service by a gracious nod, but when the chief eunuch opened the door leading into the children's rooms, she called joyously to the brother and sister, "Come!"

    Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The Queen acknowledged the service by a gracious nod, but when the chief eunuch opened the door leading into the children's rooms, she called joyously to the brother and sister, "Come!"

    Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The Queen acknowledged the service by a gracious nod, but when the chief eunuch opened the door leading into the children's rooms, she called joyously to the brother and sister, "Come!"

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • The Queen acknowledged the service by a gracious nod, but when the chief eunuch opened the door leading into the children's rooms, she called joyously to the brother and sister, "Come!"

    Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

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