as in joyfully
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Recent Examples of joyously
Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.
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Charles Maynes,
NPR,
27 June 2026
There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
The team joyously celebrated the end of their regular season with a pool party, taco bar and more soccer, a news release stated.
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News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
The idea is to be joyously surrounded by music, not constantly clocking your journey like a fitness app.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Skeletor, meanwhile, was joyously evil, the sort of scenery-chewing villain who's crying out for a moustache to twirl.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
At one point, the prince jumped out of his seat, joyously celebrating the team's 18th victory this season.
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Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.
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Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
Charles Maynes,
NPR,
27 June 2026
There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
The team joyously celebrated the end of their regular season with a pool party, taco bar and more soccer, a news release stated.
—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
The idea is to be joyously surrounded by music, not constantly clocking your journey like a fitness app.
—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Skeletor, meanwhile, was joyously evil, the sort of scenery-chewing villain who's crying out for a moustache to twirl.
—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
At one point, the prince jumped out of his seat, joyously celebrating the team's 18th victory this season.
—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.
—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyously
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Ron Seman was known as the master of the Indiana Dunes trails, spending years joyfully guiding thousands of people on journeys through its natural wonders.
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Uruguay, for their part, joyfully celebrated becoming the second team, after Italy, to win the World Cup twice.
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Bond traders have not reacted as exuberantly to the news of the Iran détente as oil traders have.
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What is in tandem here is the exuberantly generative possibility of life itself (SCOBY, water) alongside the very synthetic polymers that are literally wrecking life on an individual and systemic level.
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Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
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Following that start, catcher Dalton Rushing giddily described Yamamoto’s brilliance, noting that even the reigning World Series MVP was able to experiment and try out some new sequencing while flexing his dominance.
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My second appointment is with Dr Mohit Mangla, the allopathic consultant, who explains cheerfully that Tulåh prioritizes Ayurveda, albeit viewed through the lens of modern medicine.
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Most of them answered the phone cheerfully.
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Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
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Meanwhile, the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder continue to roll merrily along, seemingly intent on winning every championship in the near future.
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Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls.
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Dina Powell McCormick weaves through the crowd, cheerily hugging people and introducing strangers to one another.
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Crowe plays Manco Kapak, a nightclub owner from Albania who tells us, in an opening voiceover, that he has been happily settled in the United States for many years.
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My enthusiasm only increased when a three-part Christmas special was announced that same morning, which Tranter happily shared details about.
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“Joyously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyously. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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