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Etymology edit

gleeful +‎ -ly

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gleefully (comparative more gleefully, superlative most gleefully)

  1. With glee; joyfully
    • 2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC[1]:
      Al Habsi, so outstanding at Arsenal on Saturday, somehow scrambled the ball off the line, but only as far as Agbonlahor, who gleefully nodded home his first Premier League goal since last April.

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