joyfully

«joyfully» in Mova's school dictionary: In a very happy, glad way, full of joy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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

• 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.