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as in blithely
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as in voluntarily
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Recent Examples of gladly
The hotel will also gladly arrange excursions to neighboring islands.
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Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
The report states that 60% of consumers who traveled for health and wellness treatments in 2024 will continue to do so in future travels, and 30% of those who spent money on such activities would gladly spend more the next year.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
After all, if saving Christmas means Santa arrives a bit later, or spreads the holiday cheer over several weeks, most children, and likely Santa himself, would gladly agree.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
The Phillies happened to have the financial backing to make this deal, and their fan base will gladly celebrate it.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
If the city helps them that far along, many of them would gladly pay a millionaire tax when and if the time comes.
—Cristobal Young, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
The Curtis also gladly accepts donations.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Lee gladly accepted Rozz’s challenge and drew a near-replica of Eddie wielding a bloody scalpel, just like the cover of Killers.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Most of these were given gladly.
—Robbie Robertson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladly
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The Democrat had joked about shooting the Republican leader of the state House and blithely spoken of watching his children die in their mother’s arms.—
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Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.—
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According to the suit, Gialenes voluntarily placed her hands behind her back and did not resist being handcuffed.—
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Cities are not typically required to have an urban forestry master plan, but many are voluntarily setting tree canopy goals.—
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Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.—
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This particular build features a solid left sidewall, but Expandable does offer a second glass sidewall optionally, promising even more light and indoor/outdoor connection.—
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Further, the advanced version of the jet could also be optionally manned.—
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Downstairs, a group of Americans are chatting joyfully.—
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.—
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The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?—
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Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.—
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They are felt as they are composed, painfully, joyously, cellularly—and they are designed for other biological beings to experience, to connect with, to be animated, provoked and moved by.—
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My favorite style of Brazilian music is a roda de samba, where musicians play in a circle as the crowd joyously surrounds them at spots like Vaca Atolada or Pedra do Sal.—
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With this introduction of a hapless protagonist not entirely managing to live her best life, Brett Haley‘s film cheerfully speaks both the literary and cinematic language of romantic comedy — and won’t seek to subvert or elevate it in the two hours that follow.—
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Unable to roll the map out, its creators cheerfully realize that the country itself can serve as its own map.—
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“Gladly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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