What is the meaning of GAY. Phrases containing GAY
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a.
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
adv.
In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
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Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
n.
Gayety; finery.
a.
Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.
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of Gayety
a.
The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.
v.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
n.
Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.
n.
The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.
n.
The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
n.
Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
a.
Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
adv.
Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming.
adv.
Giddy; gay; dissipated.
a.
Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
n.
The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.
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Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
n.
A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.
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