mirthfully
In cheerful amusement
In a way that expresses joy or amusement: She laughed mirthfully at his impression.
The word carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality, suggesting hearty, good-natured merriment rather than mere smiling.
With evident joy
- joyfullyWith great pleasure
- merrilyIn joyous fashion
- happilyIn a joyful manner
- blithelyIn carefree manner
buoyantly · lightheartedly · jovially · brightly · sunnily · gaily · jauntily · spiritedly
gleefully
With evident joy
blithely · buoyantly · lightheartedly · jovially · brightly · sunnily · gaily · jauntily · spiritedly · vivaciously
chuckle
Low, suppressed laugh
chortle · titter · cackle · laugh · snort · belly laugh · howl · roar · tee-hee · ha-ha
whimsy
Playful, capricious quality
tease · banter · prank · caper · antic · gambol · skylark · clown · joke · fool around
mirthfullysorrowfully
In a mourning way
sadly · mournfully · unhappily · wretchedly · tearfully