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# joyfully

adverb (joyfully)

«joyfully» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## In Jewish tradition

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

- Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness, those that remembered Thee in Thy ways — behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned — upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved. (Prophets ISA.64.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joyfully/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «joyfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyfully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«joyfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/joyfully.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «joyfully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joyfully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«joyfully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/joyfully.html) on Mova free.