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# gladly

«gladly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Willingly and happily; with pleasure** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Willingly and happily; with pleasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#m1)

2) In a pleased way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk it is a polite way of agreeing: «I'll gladly help». In stories it shows a character's willingness. Phrases: gladly help, I would gladly, gladly accept.

### examples

- I'll gladly help you carry those bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x1)
- She gladly shared her sweets with everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x2)
- The dog gladly jumped into the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x3)
- We would gladly come to your party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x4)
- He gladly accepted the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x5)
- Christians are encouraged to give gladly, not because they must. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x6)
- The King gladly gave his consent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/#x7)

### note

Adjective: glad. Opposite: unwillingly, reluctantly. A bit polite and formal; in speech people also say «happily» or «sure».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gladly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.