joyously

Adverb

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. - 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish”, in The...
   • 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! - 1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”,...

   Synonyms: gaily mirthfully blessedly bubblingly chearfully cheerfully cheerily cheerly eudaemonically eupeptically gayly genially gladly happily joyfully joyously lightheartedly merrily