The old man had greeted her gleefully. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She caught herself using the word gleefully and felt ashamed. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
So, for example, in the sentence “I am gleefully wacky,” gleefully is an adverb because it modifies an adjective (wacky). From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Weekend Writing Exercise] Reference
"A fortnight, then," Gord called gleefully over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
"Hey, France," America called gleefully from somewhere to his left. From Wordnik.com. [World Domination Blueprints] Reference
Democrats "gleefully" and unanimously rejected more than 80 separate ideas for reform from Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
Amendment!" she said -- "gleefully," according to The New York Times -- after stepping off the. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
But Grinches would gleefully steal your Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [Safety: Holiday Robbery] Reference
"I never believed Mengele was dead," she says gleefully. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley Temple Syndrome] Reference
Enemies of the dollar gleefully rolled out the red carpet. From Wordnik.com. [Pie In The Sky Edition] Reference
ABC is gleefully using the show to wreak havoc with its rivals. From Wordnik.com. [How To Use A Lifeline] Reference
After Yeltsin took power he gleefully paid his predecessor back. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Personal] Reference
So given the chance, his enemies pounced gleefully on the mini-scandal. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Air Sununu' Flap] Reference
"I criticize everybody," he says gleefully from his home in Johannesburg. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond The 'A' Word] Reference
In fact, they are almost gleefully predicting the demise of the rival party. From Wordnik.com. [Stopped In Its Tracks] Reference
The movie gleefully chronicles Stern's history of fashion and grooming errors. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Congeniality] Reference
"Bail out!" he gleefully shouted as his wife Barbara's sled veered toward a tree. From Wordnik.com. ['Strong And Steady'] Reference
I know of no woman who gleefully marched to the doctor's office to end a pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call And Corrections: Our Digital Future: Wh] Reference
For years, whenever I saw Steve Case, he'd gleefully bring up my premature obituary. From Wordnik.com. [AOL'S SOLUTION: A PORTAL IN A STORM] Reference
I gleefully tease my buddy Andrea about her puny mini, which can hold only 1,000 songs. From Wordnik.com. [I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY DARLING IPOD] Reference
Last week the star promoted "Terminator 3" -- and gleefully fanned speculation he'll run. From Wordnik.com. [The Terminator's Next Big Act] Reference
However gleefully Rush Limbaugh courts controversy, he could do without his current morass. From Wordnik.com. [Rush's World Of Pain] Reference
Brill hobnobbed with big lawyers, then he'd gleefully hammer them in a story the following week. From Wordnik.com. [Sudden Exit Of A Would-Be Mogul] Reference
"Citizens are throwing more tea in the harbor," The Wall Street Journal gleefully editorialized. From Wordnik.com. [The High Price Of Protest] Reference
Now, on an ideological mission of his own, Brock has gleefully renewed the "Borking" of Bill Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizens Of Bimboland] Reference
A sweet, white-haired grandma joined in gleefully, as the pastor tried to stem the tide he had started. From Wordnik.com. [PRAISE THE LORD! (AND HOWARD DEAN, TOO.)] Reference
Winfrey's guest, Maria Shriver, gleefully pointed to her own book and said, "You can read mine instead!". From Wordnik.com. [Books: Errors And 'Corrections'] Reference
On Friday Nasrallah gleefully announced that his group had hit an Israeli warship off the coast of Lebanon. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand That Feeds the Fire] Reference
Henry's script gleefully lets her hang herself with every media-savvy, self-improvement cliche in her arsenal. From Wordnik.com. [Kidman's A Comedienne] Reference
He notes, gleefully, that a history of the school "devotes a whole chapter to the anxiety and disturbance of hiring me.". From Wordnik.com. [Too Soon Old, Too Late Wise] Reference
He wrote the mordant screenplay for "The Grifters," and his novel "Trust Me On This" gleefully savaged tabloid journalism. From Wordnik.com. [Pizza At Three O'clock] Reference
Every week seemed to bring some new bit of gossip gleefully spread by enemies-suggesting Eisner was no longer up to his job. From Wordnik.com. [How Eisner Saved Disney--And Himself] Reference
Whether they're rich or just hoping to be, Germany's new entrepreneurial class is gleefully rewriting the country's financial rule book. From Wordnik.com. [A New Breed] Reference
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