joyously

adv

Etymology: From Middle English joyously, equivalent to joyous + -ly.

1. In a joyful manner; joyfully.

   “Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking joyously.”

   “Unusually, it runs non-stop from Hounslow to Barnes, and we took this 5¾ miles so joyously that we had to wait nearly two minutes at Barnes for the right-away!”