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Word family noun gladness adjective glad verb gladden adverb gladly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgladlyglad‧ly /ˈɡlædli/ adverb 1 WILLINGwillingly or eagerly I would gladly have done it for him.2 HAPPYhappily ‘Here’s Michelle!’ he said gladly. → not suffer fools gladly at suffer(5)
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gladly• "Here's Michelle!" he said gladly.• He didn't suffer fools gladly.• When businesses heard about the reason for the fund-raiser, they gladly gave us donations.• She gladly greeted him and led him to her home.• My parents would gladly loan us the money.• But I never stopped cooking gladly, not even after the children grew up and left home.• They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects.• It appeared that this setting was providing Suzy with an audience to which she gladly reacted.• If only I had more money in the bank, I would gladly retire.
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