'Joylessly' definitions:

Definition of 'joylessly'

From: WordNet
adverb
In a joyless manner; without joy; "she greeted her guests joylessly" [ant: gleefully, joyfully, joyously]

Definition of 'Joylessly'

From: GCIDE
  • Joyless \Joy"less\, a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. -- {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
  • With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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