gladsomely

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Adverb
  • The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Villarreal friendly offered a glimpse of both the potential and the challenge.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Lionel Messi in Las Vegas for an Inter Miami friendly shone a light on how sport is gravitating towards Nevada and the Strip.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Blake Lively once posed in Forever 21, Zendaya blithely donned Target to her first movie premiere.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Curry’s passenger begged officers to help Curry but Billups-Taylor blithely dismissed this concern, stating that Curry was acting, court documents state.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Not exactly a breezily escapist tale of party-girl antics, this is more of a dystopian novel about the inevitable tech-apocalypse, told through the story of a family on vacation from Brooklyn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • He would, however, be gladly welcomed there, in strict compliance with the rules of the sanctuary, where no physical interaction between humans and great apes is allowed.
    Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The other women gladly step up to the plate, but that doesn’t stop them from using the moments leading up to the give-back as an opportunity to further gossip about Pinky’s dietary choices.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.
    S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Andy reunites with Nigel Kipling (Tucci), Miranda’s close confidant who’s as kind and joyfully caustic as ever, and also Emily Charlton (Blunt), Andy’s frenemy from the first film, who has traded in magazines for retail because that’s where the money is now.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Safe Haven, by Shencheng Xu, is a 10-foot tall steel sculpture that depicts three children joyfully playing beneath a tree, amidst some animals.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.
    Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Gladsomely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladsomely. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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