joyfully adv 1: in a joyous and gleeful manner; "the old man had greeted her gleefully" [syn: {gleefully}, {joyously}, {joyfully}] [ant: {joylessly}]
Joyful \Joy"ful\, a. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." --Shak. [1913 Webster] My soul shall be joyful in my God. --Is. lxi. 10. [1913 Webster] Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope. -- {Joy"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyfully": airily, blessedly, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily, delightedly, ecstatically, elatedly, exultantly, genially, gladly, happily, hopefully, irrepressibly, jauntily, jubilantly, lightly, optimistically, pleasantly, rapturously, rhapsodically, smilingly, with good cheer, with pleasure