Gladly
['glædli]
Definition
(adv.) in a willing manner; 'this was gladly agreed to'; 'I would fain do it'.
Edited by Leah--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Preferably; by choice.
(a.) With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.
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Examples
- That is so kind, I gladly tell you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I have lifted it for a moment, even in this narrative, with a reluctant hand, and dropped it gladly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If it is necessary that one should die for the thing of tomorrow one goes gladly and with the heart light. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It would be excellent and charming, and I shall gladly arrange the little dressing room for you if you like it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She would gladly have stopped at the door to listen, as she came out; but her mistress just then calling, she was obliged to hasten away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The two girls walked swiftly, gladly, because of the soft, subtle rush of morning that filled the wet haze. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Little Dorrit gladly put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded the needle, and began to hem. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He did not tell her so, but she was not disappointed, for both felt the truth, were satisfied, and gladly left the rest to silence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She raised her head at the sound of these kind words, and answered gladly, 'O, Mr Riah, is it you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I will go with you; I will gladly go with you! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If, however, circumstances force me to leave his lordship and you are good enough to remember me with kindness, I will gladly come to you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Khan, raising his hands, bowed, and gladly believed and accepted the teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I would gladly eat the whole race if I had a chance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would suppose him,Oh, how gladly would I suppose him, only fickle, very, very fickle. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This the duke gladly agreed to, and sent Worcester to me, accompanied by his attorney, to ask me what I required. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was agreeably surprised to see us stirring so soon and said he would gladly share our walk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If I had penned some _Quarterly_ cupidity, He would have gladly borne with its stupidity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I would gladly have asked you to our party had I known you wished to come. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is impossible to turn this leaf of my life, without putting Bentley Drummle's name upon it; or I would, very gladly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let him feel that he has a part to do, and he will do it gladly and faithfully, and it will be better for you all. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A liberal people would welcome social inventions as gladly as we do mechanical ones. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Now I shall haf to show thee all my heart, and I so gladly will, because thou must take care of it hereafter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At first the tripping measure lifted my spirit with it, and for a moment my eyes gladly followed the mazes of the dance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How gladly Gerty would have welcomed the ministry of healing: how willingly have soothed the sufferer back to tolerance of life! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I have deferred it too long, and would gladly see it completed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mary hurried out of the house catching gladly at the open door, and crying aloud when she got away from her father's presence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He gladly agreed to hire it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You would die blindly and meekly for me, but you would intelligently and gladly die for Moore. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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