Gaily has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | As the orchestra in the space hotel's ballroom played on, dancers from various worlds swayed gaily about. | |
| 2. | At last, the younger of the dancing sisters, out of breath, and laughing gaily, threw herself upon a bench to rest. | |
| 3. | His herd was forgotten; his pipe lay uncared for on the ground; his head was bowed like a flower that droops over its stalk; he was consumed by inward fire, parched like the grass in the hot weather; he knew joy no longer, and no more gaily prattled, unless, indeed, he were speaking to Chloe or about her. | |
| 4. | How gaily the kids skip and play, whilst I sink into listless repose! | |
| 5. | Ragged little ones rolled in the dust of the streets, playing with scraps and pebbles. Other children, gaily dressed, were propped upon cushions and fed with sugar-plums. Yet the children of the rich were not happier than those playing with the dust and pebbles, it seemed to Claus. | |
| 6. | There was music and singing on board, and as the evening closed in, hundreds of gaily coloured lanterns were lighted. | |
| 7. | The little mermaid swam right up to the cabin windows, and every time she was lifted by the swell she could see through the transparent panes crowds of gaily dressed people. |