joyfully
part of speech
adverb (joyfully)
meaning for a pupil
In a very happy, glad way, full of joy. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in stories to show how a character does something: they shout, sing or run joyfully. In church and Christmas songs people sing joyfully. It tells the reader the feeling is strong and happy, more than «happily».
examples
- Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness, those that remembered Thee in Thy ways — behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned — upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved. (Prophets ISA.64.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The dog leapt joyfully at the door. tree →
- The children ran joyfully into the sea. tree →
- The bells rang joyfully on Christmas morning. tree →
- Mole cried joyfully when he smelled his old home. tree →
- She joyfully opened her birthday present. tree →
- The crowd cheered joyfully when the team scored. tree →
- "That was Kay!" said Gerda joyfully. tree →
note
From «joy» + «-ful» + «-ly»: one l in joyful, two l in joyfully. Opposite: sadly, sorrowfully.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «joyfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.