What's the difference between bonnily and gaily?

Bonnily


Definition:

  • (adv.) Gayly; handsomely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The natives of bonnily named Ravenswick think the all-u-can-eat carrion buffet – or Catherine as she was previously known – is the second victim of a serial killer.

Gaily


Definition:

  • (adv.) Merrily; showily. See gaily.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And, while they’ve performed with Madonna in New York and attended festivals in Vegas and freedom forums in Oslo, and will speak tomorrow at a Guardian Live event in London , they haven’t just gaily stepped aboard the celebrity circuit and cast off for sunnier shores.
  • (2) On a clear day, the Firth of Clyde looks resplendent from here, basking “gaily in the sunny beam”.
  • (3) Equally, nobody would gaily sling their child into the maelstrom of sexual objectification and leave them to eat or be eaten.
  • (4) She gaily admitted she wanted to win an Oscar and become a Dame.
  • (5) Summer is for those who like salads, greenery, sleeping naked under a sheet instead of cocooned in flannelette and thermals, sleeveless dresses, pedicures and strappy sandals, iced tea and Pimms, laughing gaily in the sunshine instead of nodding sombrely indoors as another Norwegian killer is unmasked, or baking themselves on a beach as the sun beats down.
  • (6) They have gaily delegated and privatised so many of their own functions that nobody any longer knows what they are there for.
  • (7) The case of the gaily painted school shows how progress in one part of the world can have adverse effects elsewhere and serves as a reminder that there are places where the connection between rainbows and LGBT rights is either new or yet to be discovered.
  • (8) From the first decorative gourds of fall to the full-on blaze of Christmas , the holidays were her excuse to make her already gaily-colored, sparkling world even sparklier.
  • (9) Just as Mail Online's "looks older than her years" trope skates intriguingly close to a paedophile's mindset, so "flaunting her curves" dances gaily towards a harasser and rapist's justification: "She wanted it."
  • (10) The round Mongolian structure has a gaily painted red door and sheafs of herbs hanging from the ceiling.

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