bly

Examples

• All

• The children were bly as they played in the fields all afternoon.

• Her bly demeanor brightened everyone's day.

• Her bly spirit lifted the mood of everyone around her.

• The children were feeling bly after the picnic.

• The children were bly as they played in the fields all afternoon.

• Her bly spirit lifted the mood of everyone around her.

• He greeted us with a bly smile that brightened the room.

Synonyms

C

cheerful

vsbly

111 1.0

Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions

is the same feeling but used especially in old fashioned or dialect speech

J

jolly

vsbly

79 1.0

Happy and lively in a friendly way

is milder and often used in older or dialect speech rather than energetic

B

blithe

vsbly

5 7.5

Happy and not worried about problems, sometimes seeming not to care

is older or dialectal and simply describes cheerful mood without indifference

C

chappy

vsbly

• UK

1 8.1

Happy and full of energy

is similar but carries an old fashioned or dialect nuance in use

B

blithesome

vsbly

• Archaic

9.9

Happy and not worried about things

is similar but mainly used in old fashioned or dialect speech

B

brite

vsbly

• Informal

9.2

Cheerful and full of energy

is older or dialectal rather than a modern informal spelling

Antonyms

S

sad

∞ 1.0

Feeling unhappy or upset because of something

M

miserable

443 1.8

Feeling very unhappy or suffering a lot

How Happy

joyful

70 1.0

merry

114 1.0

bly

• Archaic

9.9

content

87 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology