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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Adverb

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

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 5661828:
  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.'
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)
Finnish: iloisesti (fi)
French: heureusement (fr)
German: gern (de)
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
Polish: ochoczo (pl), skwapliwie (pl)
Portuguese: com prazer, de boa vontade
Russian: ра́достно (ru) (rádostno), с удово́льствием (ru) (s udovólʹstvijem) (with pleasure), охо́тно (ru) (oxótno) (willingly)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радо
Roman: rado (sh)
Swedish: gärna (sv)

willingly, certainly

Dutch: graag (nl)
Finnish: mielellään (fi)
French: volontiers (fr)
German: gern (de)
Hungarian: örömmel (hu)

Italian: volentieri (it)
Latin: libenter
Portuguese: com prazer
Spanish: de buena gana