Word Study
gladly
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Preferably; by choice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. [1913 Webster]"The common people heard him gladly." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
gladly
airily, blessedly, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily, delightedly, ecstatically, elatedly, exultantly, genially, happily, hopefully, irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, jubilantly, lightly, optimistically, pleasantly, rapturously, readily, rhapsodically, smilingly, willingly, with good cheer, with pleasureFor further exploring for "gladly" in Webster Dictionary Online