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gladly

/ˈɡlædli/ adverb B1
  1. In a glad manner; happily.
  2. Willingly; certainly. · Would you like a beer? ― Gladly, thank you.

Comparative gladlier · Superlative gladliest

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“We will do that gladly,” returned the tiger; and all the other beasts roared with a mighty roar: “We will!”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 135 · B2
The Dolphin gladly consented to this request.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 36 · B2
The Lion declared he was afraid of nothing on earth, and would gladly face an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 116 · B2
The delighted recipients of these munificent gifts would gladly have poured out their thanks to their generous benefactor, but they had seen him, upon quitting the hut, merely give some orders to a sailor, and then springing lightly on horseback, leave Marseilles by the Porte d’Aix.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 276 · C1

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