JOYFULLY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

joyfully

adverb

Definition of joyfully

as in joyously

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Recent Examples of joyfully My mother, grandmother, aunties and cousins all covered and did so joyfully. — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Experience cinema deeply and joyfully through noteworthy programming, including live music by renowned musicians, and in-depth conversations with world-class artists. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 On a wall nearby, a large framed photo captures the surf-loving Alex standing joyfully on a bluff high above the crashing waves, arms outstretched, his hair blowing in the breeze. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 As the jingle continues, the surrounding people come together, joyfully singing with Kelce while holding containers of urine. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 Do not go lightly, but go joyfully because riding the tundra mountain wilderness may be your ultimate connection with the natural world—and your role in it as a legitimate hunter. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 Elsewhere, attendees will no doubt flock to the Sicilian Oranges dome clock, joyfully rendered in a rich palette of transparent, opalescent and opaque enamels in 49 colours, coupled with miniature enamel painting in more than five pastel hues. — Ming Liu, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026 Williams and Zolotin joyfully lock hands, sing, and goof off in the behind-the-scenes clip. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026 Simu Liu joyfully joins fans at the Marvel Studios Panel during Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 25. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyfully

Adverb

When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Newcomer Jorge Mateo delivered the winning run with a liner to left, and the Rays joyously celebrated their third walk-off win.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of joyously

Adverb

His mid-20th century style reflects both the European zeitgeist and his own exuberantly analytic big-picture sensibility.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
At times, his psychological explanations may seem almost too orderly for a woman who lived so exuberantly in disorder.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of exuberantly

Adverb

There were hundreds of bikers milling around cheerfully in the showery sunshine and proudly displaying their hogs.

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
The camera pans across images of Boston’s historic Fenway Park and a grim-looking Schumer, contrasting those shots with footage of Collins cheerfully hobnobbing with Maine voters.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheerfully

Adverb

As demonstrated in Hijack and Lupin, Kay has a special knack for elevating standard-issue thriller material into giddily addicting TV with his above-average command of storytelling basics.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Sherman is sitting across from Kerry Washington and Miley Cyrus, who bounce in their seats and gossip giddily with one another.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of giddily

Adverb

For the handful of teams chasing a pennant this month, life rolls merrily along.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
American audiences will find out when the director’s West End production, starring Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston as the merrily warring lovers Beatrice and Benedick, arrives on Broadway.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of merrily

Adverb

In the meantime, Choi has returned — happily this time — to the theater.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
In 2008, passionate surfer Tim Russo purchased the property, renamed it, and set out to organically grow it into a resort full of wonder where serious surfers and travelers fascinated with the surf lifestyle could vacation happily.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of happily

Adverb

In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Ashley Graham, co-founder of Lucci Lambrusco, cheerily celebrates the brand at Pizzeria Portofino in Chicago on July 15.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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