Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gladly

/ˈɡlædli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: glad-ly
IPA: /ˈɡlædli/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a glad manner; happily.

adv

Willingly; certainly.

Example Sentences

"As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could."
"'Find me a job and I'll gladly go to work.'"
"Would you like a beer? ― Gladly, thank you."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gladaz Proto-West Germanic *glad Old English glæd Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English glædlīċe Middle English gladly English gladly Inherited from Middle English gladly (“joyousuly, voluntarily, easily”), from Old English glædlīċe (“gladly, pleasantly, kindly”), from glæd (“glad, bright”) + -līċe. Compare Danish glædelig (“joyful”), Icelandic gleðilegur (“delightful”). More at glad, -ly.

Inflected Forms

gladlier (comparative) more gladly (comparative) gladliest (superlative) most gladly (superlative)

Phrases

suffer fools gladly

Synonyms

cheerfully gaily blessedly bubblingly chearfully cheerily cheerly eudaemonically eupeptically gayly genially gladly

Rhymes With

badly sadly bradley hadley madly radley adley padley badley spradley stradley shadley

Questions

How do you pronounce gladly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlædli/.
What does gladly mean?: In a glad manner; happily.
Where does gladly come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gladaz Proto-West Germanic *glad Old English glæd Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English glædlīċe Middle English gladly English gladly Inherited from Middle English gladly (“joyousuly, voluntarily, easily”), from Old English glædlīċe (“gladly, pleasantly, kindly”), from glæd (“glad, bright”) + -līċe. Compare Danish glædelig (“joyful”), Icelandic gleðilegur (“delightful”). More at glad, -ly.

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