cheerfully
29
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈtʃɪr.fəl.i/
- The children played cheerfully in the park, laughing and running around happily.
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- 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
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1.0
Do something in a cheerful way
123
1.0
With pleasure and willing to do something
100
1.0
In a friendly way while smiling
36
3.5
In a way that shows strong interest and excitement
34
1.0
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
32
1.0
In a kind, friendly, and enthusiastic way
27
3.4
In a strong, happy, and sincere way
20
1.0
In a happy, eager way that shows strong interest
17
3.0
With great joy and excitement
12
4.1
With pride and happiness after a success
10
1.1
In a very happy way that shows delight
9
3.4
Shows hope and confidence about the future
4
3.0
In a way that shows great happiness and excitement
3
3.5
In a kind and friendly way
3
2.5
In a happy, friendly way
2
2.5
With the mouth turned up in a friendly way
2
2.9
In a very happy way that shows pleasure
2
4.9
In a casual, confident way that shows no worry
1
5.3
In a way that shows great joy and excitement
1
3.7
In a friendly and cheerful way that makes people feel welcome
1
4.6
In a cheerful, friendly way that makes people smile
1
4.4
In a friendly, pleasant way that shows warmth and kindness
1
5.2
In a cheerful, positive, lively way
1
3.7
In a cheerful, relaxed way without worry
1
2.5
In a quiet, pleased way that shows you are satisfied
1
7.0
In a way that shows great joy after success
1
7.7
In a lively, cheerful way that shows clear happiness
1
3.8
In a cheerful, carefree way without showing worry
1
7.0
In a happy, lively way that shows joy
1
5.1
In a lively and energetic way that shows excitement
1
4.7
In a very happy and excited way
1
6.3
In a happy, laughing way
1
4.5
In a cheerful and lively way
1
4.2
A person smiles in a bright, happy 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.