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- Dictionarygaily/ˈɡeɪli/
adverb
- 1. in a cheerful or light-hearted way: "he waved gaily to the crowd" Similar Opposite
- 2. with a bright or attractive appearance: "gaily coloured sailing boats" Similar Opposite
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with a bright and pleasant appearance: The women wore gaily coloured saris. The gates were gaily painted in green, yellow, and red. without worrying about what might happen: He gaily abandoned the rules and started doing things his way. She gaily wrote a cheque for £1,000. Fewer examples. He strides along gaily and confidently.
When you do something gaily, you do it in a happy, carefree way. If you're really glad that your cousins are visiting, you'll wave gaily to them as they pull up in your driveway.
Definition of 'gaily' Word Frequency. gaily. (geɪli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB with verb] If you do something gaily, you do it in a lively, happy way. Magda laughed gaily. 2. adverb [ADVERB -ed] Something that is gaily coloured or gaily decorated is coloured or decorated in a bright, pretty way. He put on a gaily coloured shirt.
with a bright and pleasant appearance: The women wore gaily colored saris. The gates were gaily painted in green, yellow, and red. without worrying about what might happen: He gaily abandoned the rules and started doing things his way. She gaily wrote a check for $1,000. Fewer examples. He strides along gaily and confidently.
Definition of gaily adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Gaily definition: with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.. See examples of GAILY used in a sentence.
Define gaily. gaily synonyms, gaily pronunciation, gaily translation, English dictionary definition of gaily. also gay·ly adv. 1. In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily. 2. With bright colors or trimmings; showily: gaily dressed in ribbons and flounces....
: in a gay manner : marked by gaiety. Synonyms. brightly. cheerfully. cheerily. happily. heartily. jocosely. jovially. merrily. mirthfully. smilingly. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of gaily in a Sentence.
gaily. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English gai‧ly /ˈɡeɪli/ adverb 1 in a happy way SYN cheerfully ‘Morning, Albert, ’ she called gaily. 2 in a way that shows you do not care about, or do not realize, the effects of your actions They gaily went on talking after the film had started. 3 → gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc ...
adverb. In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily. American Heritage. In a gay manner. Webster's New World. With bright colors or trimmings; showily. Gaily dressed in ribbons and flounces. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
