gladly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a glad manner; happily.
    — 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.
  2. Willingly; certainly.
    — Would you like a beer? ― Gladly, thank you.

词形变化

gladlier comparative more gladly comparative gladliest superlative most gladly superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
suffer fools gladly

词源

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.
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