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gleefully

/ˈɡliːfəli/adverb

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ख़ुशी से उछलते हुए, बड़े मज़े से, (दूसरे की परेशानी पर) चटखारे लेकर

Core word

adverb
  1. 1

    in a way that shows great happiness and excitement, often because of your own good luck or somebody else's bad luck

    ख़ुशी से उछलते हुए, बड़े मज़े से, (दूसरे की परेशानी पर) चटखारे लेकर

    • The children ran gleefully into the waves.
    • He gleefully told everyone about his rival's mistake.
    • The kids gleefully jumped into the puddles.
    + 2 more examples
    • She gleefully tore the wrapping off the present.
    • They gleefully announced that they had won the prize.

    Synonyms joyfully happily delightedly jubilantly gloatingly

    Opposite sadly gloomily miserably

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

verb + gleefully

Gleefully describes an action done with great happiness and excitement, often at someone else's misfortune or at a clever success.

'Gleefully' बहुत खुशी और उत्साह से किया गया काम बताता है, प्रायः दूसरे की परेशानी पर या किसी चतुर सफलता पर।

  • The children gleefully splashed in the puddles.
  • He gleefully counted his winnings.

gleefully + verb

It can also come before the verb for emphasis, especially in a narrative.

ज़ोर देने के लिए यह verb से पहले भी आ सकता है, विशेषकर कथा में।

  • The brothers gleefully rushed into the garden.

gleefully + past participle

It combines with participles to describe how something is announced or reported.

यह participles के साथ आकर बताता है कि कोई बात किस भाव से घोषित या बताई गई।

  • The result was gleefully announced on the notice board.

related words: glee, gleeful

The noun is glee, the adjective gleeful and the adverb gleefully; pay attention to the endings.

Noun 'glee', adjective 'gleeful' और adverb 'gleefully' हैं; endings पर ध्यान दें।

  • There was glee in the room, and the children laughed gleefully.
+Collocations 4

verb + gleefully

laughshoutclapannouncerub his hands

  • The crowd clapped gleefully when the team won.

gleefully + verb

acceptgrabpoint outtearwave

  • She gleefully pointed out his mistake.

adverb contexts

children playingwinning a gameopening a giftfestival fun

  • The children gleefully opened their Diwali gifts.

gleefully + phrases

gleefully reportedgleefully admittedgleefully predictedgleefully announced

  • The newspaper gleefully reported the rival's defeat.
“More examples 6
  • Radhika gleefully showed her friends the first-class result.

राधिका ने खुशी से अपने दोस्तों को प्रथम श्रेणी का परिणाम दिखाया।

  • The little boy gleefully jumped into the rainwater.

छोटा लड़का खुशी से बारिश के पानी में कूद गया।

  • They gleefully tore the wrapping paper off the parcel.

उन्होंने खुशी से पार्सल का रैपिंग पेपर फाड़ दिया।

  • The commentators gleefully described the six hit over the stadium.

कमेंटेटरों ने स्टेडियम के पार गई छक्के की गेंद का उल्लास से वर्णन किया।

  • He gleefully admitted that he had skipped the class.

उसने प्रसन्न होकर माना कि उसने कक्षा छोड़ी थी।

  • The class gleefully cheered when the teacher cancelled the test.

जब शिक्षक ने परीक्षा रद्द की तो कक्षा ने खुशी से जयकारे लगाए।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The children laughed gleeful.

✓ The children laughed gleefully.

An adverb of manner is needed after laughed.

'Laughed' के बाद manner का adverb चाहिए।

✗ She gleefully to open the gift.

✓ She gleefully opened the gift.

Gleefully is an adverb and goes with a finite verb, not a bare to.

'Gleefully' adverb है और finite verb के साथ आता है, अकेले to के साथ नहीं।

◇Word family
glee noungleeful adjective