" giddily "

1: as in joyfully, joyously;

•  Synonyms : 

•  amusedly,

•  exuberantly,

•  gigglingly,

•  joyfully,

•  joyously,

•  brightly,

•  cheerfully,

•  cheerily,

•  gaily,

•  happily,

•  heartily,

•  jocosely,

•  jovially,

•  merrily,

•  mirthfully,

•  smilingly,

•  blithely,

•  blithesomely,

•  breezily,

•  gladly,

•  gladsomely,

•  laughingly,

•  lightheartedly,

•  sunnily,

•  amicably,

•  friendlily,

•  friendly,

•  good-humoredly,

•  good-naturedly,

•  jocularly,

•  hopefully,

•  optimistically,

•  sanguinely,

•  blissfully,

•  elatedly,

•  euphorically,

•  rapturously

•  Antonyms : 

•  bleakly,

•  cheerlessly,

•  darkly,

•  heavily,

•  miserably,

•  morosely,

•  unhappily,

•  abjectly,

•  dejectedly,

•  despondently,

•  disconsolately,

•  dispiritedly,

•  wretchedly,

•  dolefully,

•  dolorously,

•  forlornly,

•  mournfully,

•  plaintively,

•  sorrowfully,

•  dourly,

•  glumly,

•  mirthlessly,

•  sourly,

•  sternly,

•  sulkily,

•  sullenly,

•  blackly,

•  dismally,

•  drearily,

•  gloomily,

•  pessimistically

1: lacking in seriousness or maturity;

  * e.g., " ... the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies "

•  Synonyms : 

•  birdbrained,

•  ditzy,

•  dizzy,

•  featherbrained,

•  flighty,

•  frivolous,

•  frothy,

•  futile,

•  goofy,

•  harebrained,

•  light-headed,

•  light-minded,

•  puerile,

•  scatterbrained,

•  scatty,

•  silly,

•  yeasty

•  Antonyms : 

•  earnest,

•  serious,

•  serious-minded,

•  sober,

•  unfrivolous

2: having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down;

  * e.g., " ... I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aswoon,

•  dizzy,

•  light-headed,

•  reeling,

•  swimmy,

•  vertiginous,

•  whirling,

•  woozy

•  Antonyms : 

•  depressed

3: experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion;

  * e.g., " ... he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ecstatic,

•  elated,

•  elevated,

•  enrapt,

•  enraptured,

•  entranced,

•  euphoric,

•  exhilarated,

•  heady,

•  intoxicated,

•  rapt,

•  rapturous,

•  rhapsodic

•  Antonyms : 

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