2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.

Syn. -- Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness;

sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness.

Gay"lus*site` (?), n. [Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist.]

(Min.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the

carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

Gay"ly (?), adv. 1. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely;

gleefully.

2. Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower

gayly blooming. Pope.

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