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cheery

[ cheer-ee ]

/ ˈtʃɪər i /

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adjective, cheer·i·er, cheer·i·est.

in good spirits; cheerful; happy.

promoting cheer; enlivening.

Origin of cheery

First recorded in 1840–50; cheer + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cheery

cheer·i·ly, adverb cheer·i·ness, noun un·cheer·i·ly, adverb un·cheer·i·ness, noun

un·cheer·y, adjective

Words nearby cheery

cheerleading, cheerless, cheerly, cheero, cheers, cheery, cheese, cheese cutter, cheese eater, cheese fries, cheese it

Example sentences from the Web for cheerily

She says they cheerily took it back and told her she had a little over $1,400 in store credit.

The Nice Thing About Larry Hagman |Megan McArdle |November 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the press room, an official from the Public Information Office stood on a chair and cheerily gave us the rules.

Inside the Supreme Court, Poker Faces All Around |Aram Roston |June 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
“I am a hippie girl with anger issues, I get it,” Drew Barrymore said cheerily, while talking about her new film, Whip It!

Roller Girl |Nicole LaPorte |October 1, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
In his new book, Chris Hedges says this attitude proves America has cheerily waved goodbye to reality once and for all.

Me, As Seen On TV |Mansfield Frazier |August 12, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

"Here's to Less" one ad is cheerily but somewhat ominously headlined.

De Beers: Diamonds Are a Recession's Best Friend |Adam Hanft |December 6, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
He laughed loud and cheerily as he left his parliamentary friends, and, putting himself into the train, went down to Boxall Hill.

Doctor Thorne |Anthony Trollope
They both laughed yet again, cheerily, both knowing the philosophy of the poor.

The Broken Gate |Emerson Hough
They will exult in personal obedience and in common toil, where toil is needed, cheerily performed.

The Economist |Xenophon
The great church had been crowded beyond the doors, the streets had been full of cheerily dressed habitants.

The Right of Way, Complete |Gilbert Parker
"Time to end this," he said; then called out, cheerily: "Look out below," and entered the hatch.

The Wreck of the Titan |Morgan Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for cheerily

cheery

/ (ˈtʃɪərɪ) /

adjective cheerier or cheeriest

showing or inspiring cheerfulness

Derived forms of cheery

cheerily, adverb cheeriness, noun