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[ adverb ] in a gay manner

Examples

"the scandals were gaily diverting"

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

The previous scandals , gaily diverting as they were , had only served to increase his popularity .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Perhaps if Felix had first come_upon us when this boy was not cavorting so gaily up_and_down the hall outside the murdered woman 's apartment , we might have had less trouble convincing Felix of our seriousness .

Related terms

gala gala

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