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GLADLY
Definition of GLADLY
adverb
In a glad manner; happily.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English gladly (“joyousuly, voluntarily, easily”), from Old English glædlīċe (“gladly, pleasantly, kindly”), from glæd (“glad, bright”) + -līċe. Compare Danish glædelig (“joyful”), Icelandic gleðilegur (“delightful”). More at glad, -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,130)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLADLY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLADLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLADLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADGLLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Could you have found GLADLY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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