GLADLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gladly mean? 

• GLADLY (adverb)
  The adverb GLADLY has 1 sense:

1. in a willing manner

  Familiarity information: GLADLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLADLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a willing manner

Synonyms:

fain; gladly; lief

Context example:

I would fain do it

Pertainym:

glad (eagerly disposed to act or to be of service)

 Context examples 

I gladly advanced; and it was not merely a cold word now, or even a shake of the hand that I received, but an embrace and a kiss.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It would break my heart if you didn't believe that I'd gladly pull in the same boat with you, even if you had to get your living by rowing on the lake.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I have lifted it for a moment, even in this narrative, with a reluctant hand, and dropped it gladly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I promise you that I will gladly do all for him that I can—all to make his life strong and manly, and your life a happy one.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

What a triumph for him, as she often thought, could he know that the proposals which she had proudly spurned only four months ago, would now have been most gladly and gratefully received!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He gladly received the letter, and, having read it through, with close attention, returned it saying, Well, if it is to be so, I can only say that I am sorry for it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Neither wine nor conversation was any thing to him; and gladly did he move to those with whom he was always comfortable.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"We will do that gladly," returned the tiger; and all the other beasts roared with a mighty roar: "We will!"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He marvelled at the wonder of it and the truth; and as he gazed upon her he knew that he could die gladly upon a kiss.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Gladly would I submit to all the increased pain of losing her, rather than have to think of her as I do.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)