As the orchestra in the space hotel's ballroom played on, dancers from various worlds swayed gaily about.
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Gaily
//ˈɡeɪli//
Synonyms for "gaily" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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Translations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- весело adv (merrily)
- радостно adv (merrily)
Catalan
1 entries- gaiament adv (merrily)
Czech
1 entries- vesele adv (merrily)
Esperanto
1 entries- gaje adv (merrily)
Finnish
2 entries- hilpeästi adv (merrily)
- iloisesti adv (merrily)
French
1 entries- gaiement adv (merrily)
Georgian
1 entries- მხიარულად adv (merrily)
Norman
1 entries- dgaiement adv (merrily)
Polish
3 entries- pogodnie adv (merrily)
- radośnie adv (merrily)
- wesoło adv (merrily)
Romanian
1 entries- vesel adv (merrily)
Swedish
2 entries- glatt adv (merrily)
- muntert adv (merrily)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
At last, the younger of the dancing sisters, out of breath, and laughing gaily, threw herself upon a bench to rest.
Source: tatoeba (4047921)
His herd was forgotten; his pipe lay uncared for on the ground; his head was bowed like a flower that droops over its stalk; he was consumed by inward fire, parched like the grass in the hot weather; he knew joy no longer, and no more gaily prattled, unless, indeed, he were speaking to Chloe or about her.
Source: tatoeba (6212464)
How gaily the kids skip and play, whilst I sink into listless repose!
Source: tatoeba (6212474)
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