Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a light, foolish manner; flightily; heedlessly: as, to chatter or carry on giddily.
- In a dizzying manner; so as to cause giddiness or vertigo.
- Inconstantly; unsteadily; with various turnings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a giddy manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
giddy manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a giddy light-headed manner
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Examples
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"It was the best summer of my life," Cyrus recalled giddily of filming.
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"It was the best summer of my life," Cyrus recalled giddily of filming.
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"It was the best summer of my life," Cyrus recalled giddily of filming.
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Lehrer's lyrics and rhymes were the perfect fusion of his intuitive musical sensibilities, an inevitably mathematical approach to writing, and a giddily deviant point of view.
Spencer Green: The Enduring Satiric Genius of Tom Lehrer Spencer Green 2011
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As Will giddily cracks open his latest videogame, his wife affectionately describes him as "man-ish."
A New Generation of TV Wimps Amy Chozick 2011
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She laughed giddily as he lowered her to the ground.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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An hour later, at a nearby resort, his Belgian malawa giddily yipped at the sight of him.
Bound for Home, Burress Reflects Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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Lehrer's lyrics and rhymes were the perfect fusion of his intuitive musical sensibilities, an inevitably mathematical approach to writing, and a giddily deviant point of view.
Spencer Green: The Enduring Satiric Genius of Tom Lehrer Spencer Green 2011
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Some of us are paying the price of living deep in an orgy of consumption for the past decade—surviving giddily off of borrowed money and a kind of pay-as-you-go happiness.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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I giddily tasted the first course, a langoustine terrine in gazpacho, followed by a Champagne sorbet before the main course, a grass-fed Irish beef filet with Bordelaise sauce.
Estate of the Wild Rachel Dodes 2011
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