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# joyfully

«joyfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a very happy, glad way, full of joy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (joyfully)

### meaning for a pupil

In a very happy, glad way, full of joy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show how a character does something: they shout, sing or run joyfully. In church and Christmas songs people sing joyfully. It tells the reader the feeling is strong and happy, more than «happily».

### examples

- The dog leapt joyfully at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x1)
- The children ran joyfully into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x2)
- The bells rang joyfully on Christmas morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x3)
- Mole cried joyfully when he smelled his old home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x4)
- She joyfully opened her birthday present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x5)
- The crowd cheered joyfully when the team scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x6)
- "That was Kay!" said Gerda joyfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/#x7)

### note

From «joy» + «-ful» + «-ly»: one l in joyful, two l in joyfully. Opposite: sadly, sorrowfully.

### Trees and pragmatics

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