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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlædli/

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• Rhymes: -ædli

Adverb

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

1. In a glad manner; happily.
   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 4, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 44:

     'Find me a job and I'll gladly go to work.'

2. Willingly; certainly.

   Would you like a beer? ― Gladly, thank you.

Derived terms

• suffer fools gladly

Translations

in a glad manner

• Burmese: ပျော်ပျော် (pyau-pyau)
• Catalan: gustosament (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎮᎵᎩ (aliheligi)
• Dutch: graag (nl), gaarne (nl)
• Finnish: iloisesti (fi)
• French: heureusement (fr)
• German: gern (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰 (gabaurjaba)
• Greek: ευχαρίστως (el) (efcharístos)

  Ancient: ἡδέως (hēdéōs)

• Hungarian: szívesen (hu), örömmel (hu)
• Icelandic: gjarnan (is), gjarna (is)
• Italian: volentieri (it)
• Korean: 기꺼이 (ko) (gikkeoi)
• Ladin: gën
• Latin: libenter
• Lithuanian: džiaugsmingai
• Portuguese: com prazer, de boa vontade
• Russian: ра́достно (ru) (rádostno)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радо

  Roman: rado (sh)

• Ukrainian: ра́до (rádo)

willingly, certainly

• Afrikaans: graag
• Danish: gerne (da)
• Dutch: graag (nl)
• Finnish: mielellään (fi)
• French: volontiers (fr)
• German: gern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἡδέως (hēdéōs)

• Hungarian: örömmel (hu)
• Italian: volentieri (it)
• Latin: libenter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjerne (no)

  Nynorsk: gjerne

• Polish: chętnie (pl) (literally “willingly”), ochoczo (pl) (literally “willingly”), skwapliwie (pl)
• Portuguese: com prazer
• Russian: с удово́льствием (ru) (s udovólʹstvijem, literally “with pleasure”), охо́тно (ru) (oxótno, literally “willingly”)
• Spanish: de buena gana
• Swedish: gärna (sv)
• Ukrainian: ра́до (rádo), охо́че (uk) (oxóče), залюбки́ (zaljubký), із задово́ленням (iz zadovólennjam)