What part of speech is gleefully?

Gleefully can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gleefully is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • gleefully
  • adjective: gleeful 
  • adverb: gleefully

What does gleefully mean?

Definitions

Adverb

gleefully - in a joyous and gleeful manner; "the old man had greeted her gleefully"

Examples of gleefully

#   Sentence  
1. adv. The old man had greeted her gleefully.
2. adv. The little ones stood quite silent, but only for a minute; then they shouted till the room rang: they danced gleefully round the Tree, and one present after another was plucked from it.
3. adv. "Why didn't you say so before?" she said laughing gleefully. "You gave me such a fright. Why, of course, now as long as we die we'll be with mother again."
4. adv. Tom rubbed his hands together gleefully.
5. adv. Melissa gleefully prepared moussaka and spanakopita for her family.
Sentence  
adv.
The old man had greeted her gleefully.
The little ones stood quite silent, but only for a minute; then they shouted till the room rang: they danced gleefully round the Tree, and one present after another was plucked from it.
"Why didn't you say so before?" she said laughing gleefully. "You gave me such a fright. Why, of course, now as long as we die we'll be with mother again."
Tom rubbed his hands together gleefully.
Melissa gleefully prepared moussaka and spanakopita for her family.

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