Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a gay manner;
- Example: "the scandals were gaily diverting"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gaily \Gai"ly\, adv. [From Gay.]
Merrily; showily. See gaily.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gayly \Gay"ly\, adv. [Also spelled gaily.]
1. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.
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2. Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a
flower gayly blooming. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gaily
adv 1: in a gay manner; "the scandals were gaily diverting"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaily":
airily, blithely, brightly, brilliantly, cheerfully, cheerily,
colorfully, flamboyantly, flashily, garishly, gaudily, gleefully,
happily, insouciantly, jauntily, joyfully, jubilantly, merrily,
showily, splendidly