gladly

[ glad-lee ]

adverb

1. with happiness, pleasure, or delight; joyfully:

   Thank you for your friendship, which I gladly accept.

2. willingly and readily:

   I will gladly die defending the honor of my fallen brothers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gladly¹

glad ¹( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

And while the Lakers gladly accepted the hardware and the cash bonus that came with last season’s win, the team lost 10 of its next 13 games — the stretch that set the stage for the team to eventually fire Darvin Ham and the entirety of his coaching staff.

From Los Angeles Times

Gaetz would gladly carry out such a purge.

From Slate

“If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that. If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country,” he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in May.

From Salon

“I’ll gladly go back and play waiters or judges or gay bosses,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The Fierros still get requests to speak about their lives and that tragic night at Club Q. They might not like to be called heroes, but they gladly wear the label of leaders — and they want to inspire other Latinos to do the same, even as they’re still learning.

From Los Angeles Times

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