Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joyously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: joy-ous-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a joyful manner; joyfully.

Example Sentences

"Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking joyously."
"Unusually, it runs non-stop from Hounslow to Barnes, and we took this 5¾ miles so joyously that we had to wait nearly two minutes at Barnes for the right-away!"

Etymology

From Middle English joyously, equivalent to joyous + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: joyously
Suffix: joyous

Inflected Forms

more joyously (comparative) most joyously (superlative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does joyously mean?: In a joyful manner; joyfully.
Where does joyously come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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