What's the difference between blithely and jubilantly?
Blithely
Definition:
(adv.) In a blithe manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Wednesday, the ire of the marchers was focused on all those Lib Dems who blithely signed the NUS's anti-fees pledge ("I pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative" – yesterday, Nick Clegg limply said that he "should have been more careful" than to put his name to it).
(2) Instead, the spending review blithely asserted "couples with children must work 24 hours per week between them" in order to get a credit that is worth up to an annual maximum of £3,870.
(3) Last month, for example, the Daily Telegraph's Peter Oborne bemoaned their "devastating" fate, in a piece worth quoting at reasonable length, if only to prove that the idea of an out-of-touch elite blithely wreaking havoc is not the preserve of hard-bitten lefties.
(4) This is why, you see, people with rucksacks pummel all those in their immediate vicinity with their giant sacks as they trundle on their way, whacking them about as they blithely move about trains, pavements or any other public area.
(5) These films were a blithe rebuttal of the critic Edward Said’s insight that, in a novel like Mansfield Park, the “English” story necessarily concealed the story, located elsewhere but inextricable from the main narrative, of a West Indian sugar plantation.
(6) Click here for the Magic in the Moonlight trailer Compared with the gloomy ruminations on ageing and aspiration that characterised the well-received Blue Jasmine, which won Cate Blanchett an Oscar , this is Allen going back to the knockabout farce and blithe May-December couplings that populate his lighter films.
(7) This narrative is a form of manufacture of innocence to mask a great crime: what your script blithely calls "the detainee program".
(8) Here lies our greatest risk, one insufficiently appreciated by those who so blithely accept the tentacles of corporation, press and state insinuating their way into the private sphere.
(9) When he arrived at the venue and was confronted by a motley horde of fans, tipped off by a tweet, instead of sidling in the back to pace about alone in a corridor, like a normal human would, Fry blithely faced the crowd, chatting and signing autographs.
(10) She says she "naively stumbled into the campaign", starting the petition on Change.org, which she found through a Google search, and setting her target at a blithely optimistic 1m signatures.
(11) I have a concern that there are too many of them – and most will gather dust on shelves, and hospitals will go blithely on as they always have.
(12) But they blithely ignore the fact that wealth isn't being created under the existing broken economic model.
(13) Mr Osborne can hardly not know this, but he continues blithely to define living within our means as a government challenge, rather than a wider challenge to the entire public and private sector.
(14) Yes, when we all had the blithe assumption that houses would always rise in value, that bankers were always going to get £3m bonuses.
(15) In a fascinating recent article the economist Tyler Cowen pointed out the problem with blithe assumptions about a better future – they miss out on the history of what actually happened in the great industrial transformations of the past.
(16) Phone jammed to her ear, laptop open on her knee, she was blithely conducting a conference call while wearing highlighter foils.
(17) The original sin of the euro-enthusiasts was to settle the politics first and then blithely assume that the economics would sort themselves out.
(18) This distinction, popularised by Michael Ignatieff in the mid-1990s, has received much debate, which Bragg blithely ignores.
(19) It’s just interesting that home advantage – the chance to build a rapport with local audiences; familiarity with local culture, etc – is being blithely squandered.
(20) But clearly there is a difference between blithely hurtling into catastrophe and trying to lead a party away from it.
Jubilantly
Definition:
(adv.) In a jubilant manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jubilant Democrats are eyeing so-called “red states” such as Georgia and Utah and expanding their ambitions to take both the Senate and House .
(2) She lives in Holland Park and welcomes visitors with a gusty wrench of the door and a jubilant "hello".
(3) Lamine Koné pounced on a knockdown from Jan Kirchhoff in the penalty area, evaded a tackle and squared for the substitute to prod home from seven yards and prompt scenes of unbridled jubilation in the away end.
(4) Trepidation gave way to further jubilation when Kightly doubled their lead.
(5) O'Neill is jubilant about recent developments and, particularly, with Agbonlahor's debut as a substitute for England last week.
(6) This bill cements Britain's leadership in creating a world that is healthier, more stable and increasingly prosperous Justine Greening The passage of the bill was met with jubilation by NGOs, who said it would bring stability to poorer countries, while encouraging other donor governments to meet the UN target.
(7) Every so often, however, there are ideas so bad that jubilation is the only response when they are seen off.
(8) By early afternoon the jubilant mood was filling protesters with hope as they congregated near the interior ministry, whose basement houses the regime's underground torture chambers.
(9) It’s not jubilation,” said Dick Durbin, the Senate minority whip, of the mood in the party.
(10) Pogliese, who is also a deputy for the party in the European parliament, woke in a jubilant mood on Monday morning, announcing to the local press that Renzi’s defeat marked “a wind of change”.
(11) Scenes of jubilation among protesters at Sana'a University quickly dissolved into anger and frustration as news of Saleh's speech spread.
(12) At first Mikel looked surprised to be in so much space, but his shot beat Trapp from six yards and that was a jubilant way for Chelsea to end the first half.
(13) Deborah Linton, a lecturer who lives in Barnet and who joined the Barnet CPZ Action Group said she was "absolutely jubilant" "When the CPZ was brought in, it was perfectly legitimate.
(14) Eight days ago, to the jubilation of its critics and environmentalists, it emerged that the Scottish executive was "minded to refuse" the £500m scheme as it would seriously damage the moor's extremely fragile, internationally-protected habitats for rare birds such as dunlin, golden eagles, merlin, golden plover and red-throated divers.
(15) Addressing jubilant supporters at Waukesha's county exposition centre, Walker said his renewed mandate would resonate far and wide.
(16) With the last kick of a riveting final Group F match Agnor Ingvi Traustason, a second-half replacement, scored a memorable goal, and as Szymon Marciniak, the Polish referee, blew instantly for time, a jubilant Iceland bench ran on to the pitch, and the fans celebrated wildly.
(17) Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali high five while surrounded by jubilant fans after he beat Sonny Liston.
(18) After a hard-fought victory one freezing night last November the jubilant forward sprinted off the pitch and hurled his shirt, shorts, socks and boots into the crowd, Sun, the chairman, recalled.
(19) A frenzy of jubilant activity: this is a huge win for Milo.
(20) The faces here, in contrast to those at the window of remembrance, are jubilant, incredulous.