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joy·ful

 (joi′fəl)
adj.
Feeling, causing, or exhibiting joy. See Synonyms at glad1.

joy′ful·ly adv.
joy′ful·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.joyfully - in a joyous and gleeful manner; "the old man had greeted her gleefully"
joylessly - in a joyless manner; without joy; "she greeted her guests joylessly"
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بِفَرَح، بابْتِهاج
radostně
glædeligtlykkeligt
glaîlega
radostno
keyifleneşeyle

joyfully

[ˈdʒɔɪfəlɪ] ADV [sing, play] → alegremente; [greet, announce] → con júbilo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

joyfully

[ˈdʒɔɪfʊli] advjoyeusement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

joyfully

advfreudig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

joyfully

[ˈdʒɔɪfəlɪ] adv (see adj) → lietamente, gioiosamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

joy

(dʒoi) noun
1. great happiness. The children jumped for joy when they saw the new toys.alegría, júbilo
2. a cause of great happiness. Our son is a great joy to us.deleite
ˈjoyful adjective
filled with, showing or causing joy. a joyful mood; joyful faces/news.feliz
ˈjoyfully adverb
felizmente
ˈjoyfulness noun
alegría
ˈjoyous adjective
joyful. alegre, feliz
ˈjoyously adverb
felizmente
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Count Ilya Rostov, hurried and preoccupied, went about in his soft boots between the dining and drawing rooms, hastily greeting the important and unimportant, all of whom he knew, as if they were all equals, while his eyes occasionally sought out his fine well-set-up young son, resting on him and winking joyfully at him.
Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune's favorites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out.
Joyfully, intently, and at the same time timidly, he gazed at the approaching figure, and slowly he rose to his feet.
Starbuck's body and Starbuck's coerced will were Ahab's, so long as Ahab kept his magnet at Starbuck's brain; still he knew that for all this the chief mate, in his soul, abhorred his captain's quest, and could he, would joyfully disintegrate himself from it, or even frustrate it.
But now Ojo rushed up and threw his arms joyfully about his uncle, and the old man hugged his little nephew tenderly and stroked his hair and wiped away the boy's tears with a handkerchief, for Ojo was crying from pure happiness.
And ye wise and knowing ones, ye would flee from the solar-glow of the wisdom in which the Superman joyfully batheth his nakedness!
But Ripple would not break the promise she had made, and besought so earnestly, and with such pleading words, that the Queen at last with sorrow gave consent, and Ripple joyfully prepared to go.
`My tatinek make me little hat with the skins, little hat for winter!' she exclaimed joyfully. `Meat for eat, skin for hat'--she told off these benefits on her fingers.
He consented joyfully, but before they were married, the young girl changed my wife into a hind, and it is she whom you see before you.
Having scrutinised the house from top to bottom, he rubbed his hands, a broad smile overspread his features, and he said joyfully, "This is just what I wanted!
"And I shall get my brains," added the Scarecrow joyfully.
He led her to his kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.