adv. 25B6; adverb
she skipped gaily along the path : MERRILY, cheerfully, cheerily, happily, joyfully, joyously, light-heartedly, blithely, jauntily, gleefully.
gaily painted boats : BRIGHTLY, colourfully, brilliantly.
she plunged gaily into speculation on the stock market : HEEDLESSLY, unthinkingly, thoughtlessly, without thinking, carelessly; casually, nonchalantly, airily, breezily, lightly.