Gleefully and Painfully

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Gleefully

Gleefully adverb - In a joyous and gleeful manner.
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Painfully is an antonym for gleefully.
Nearby Words: glee, gleeful

Painfully

Painfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: painfully she recounted the years of physical abuse she had received at his hands
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Gleefully is an antonym for painfully.
Nearby Words: pain, painful, pained
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  • It's Personal with the Dragon While David eventually decides to let Forrester live and be taken into custody to prove that he's better than him, Drak is a sadistic psychopath who gleefully murdered David's mother and dies painfully at David's hands in retribution.
    Source: It's Personal with the Dragon
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