gladly

English

Etymology

From Middle English gladly, gladliche, from Old English glædlīċe (“gladly”), equivalent to glad +‎ -ly. Compare Danish glædelig (“joyful”), Icelandic gleðilegur (“delightful”). More at glad, -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

gladly (comparative more gladly, superlative most gladly)

1. In a glad manner; happily.

Derived terms

• suffer fools gladly

Translations

in a glad manner

Croatian: rȁdo (hr) French: heureusement (fr) German: gern (de) Hungarian: szívesen (hu)

Icelandic: gjarnan (is), gjarna (is) Latin: libenter (la) Lithuanian: džiaugsmingai (lt) Serbian: радо (sr) Swedish: gärna (sv)