cheerfully
- adverb
- /ˈtʃɪr.fəl.i/
- The children played cheerfully in the park, laughing and running around happily.
But if you don't mind, I'll stick with cheerfully curious for today.
- But if you don't mind, I'll stick with cheerfully curious for today.
- They're not socialized into into the idea that they should cheerfully and cooperatively give you information.
- The ideals that have lighted my way and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth.
- The idea that humanity is going to cheerfully walk into this scenario, it's hard to see.
- I mean, until then you can cheerfully think of humans as a species apart from the rest of nature because we are so peculiar.
- Your front end of your compilers will quite cheerfully be roducing I.
- And there's a nice book by Martin Reese, which is cheerfully called Our Final Hour.
- And I don't think that's unrelated to the way in which we're supposed to present so cheer so cheerfully and so successfully all the time.
- in places like AA. The good thing is you get to say sometimes I could quite cheerfully
Examples
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On this day, however, nothing could spoil his triumph, and he cheerfully bid us farewell before continuing on.
Fiction book (1991) -
To my relief, she smiles cheerfully and invites me inside her house.
Academic text (2009) -
I wonder how many American kids could live so cheerfully under this kind of pressure.
Academic text (2005) -
Stars in the blue sky cheerfully observe the earth.
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Sing it cheerfully, for God's sake.
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"Ask away," he said, feeling cheerfully expansive with the success of the tea party.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Today we do some real work," Grama began cheerfully, taking her place at the head of the table.
Fiction book (1992) -
Christina let him in; he greeted her cheerfully, saying something in a low tone that made her laugh.
Fiction book (1991) -
Fortified by her rolls, Scarlett was cheerfully singing under her breath when she went downstairs Thursday.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's some kind of latent primitivism in poetic thinking, and Richard seems cheerfully to embrace this idea.
Synonyms
Do something in a cheerful way
With pleasure and willing to do something
In a friendly way while smiling
In a kind, friendly, and enthusiastic way
In a way that shows strong interest and excitement
In a strong, happy, and sincere way
In a happy, eager way that shows strong interest
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
With great joy and excitement
With pride and happiness after a success
In a very happy way that shows delight
Shows hope and confidence about the future
In a way that shows great happiness and excitement
In a kind and friendly way
In a happy, friendly way
With the mouth turned up in a friendly way
In a very happy way that shows pleasure
In a way that shows great joy and excitement
In a casual, confident way that shows no worry
In a cheerful, friendly way that makes people smile
In a friendly, pleasant way that shows warmth and kindness
In a friendly and cheerful way that makes people feel welcome
In a cheerful, positive, lively way
In a cheerful, relaxed way without worry
In a way that shows great joy after success
In a lively, cheerful way that shows clear happiness
In a lively and energetic way that shows excitement
In a cheerful, carefree way without showing worry
In a happy, laughing way
In a cheerful and lively way
In a happy, lively way that shows joy
A person smiles in a bright, happy way
In a quiet, pleased way that shows you are satisfied
In a very happy and excited way
Antonyms
How Cheerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cheerfully comes from cheer, an old word for someone's 'face' or 'expression' that later came to mean being 'happy', and the ending -ly turns it into 'in a happy way'. So cheerfully means doing something with a bright face and a 'willing' mood.