1474. Caxton, Chesse, 98. And went his way right ioyously.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VI., 136. A greate nombre of horsses … whiche thei ioyously brought with them to Roan.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 33. Whom when she saw so ioyously come forth, She gan reioyce.
1818. Shelley, Rosalind & Helen, 525. Nor noticed I where joyously Sate my two younger babes at play.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., I. xvii. 214. He is singing in his bunk, as joyously as ever.
