cheerful
adjective
full of cheer; in good spirits.
cheerfulness
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a word derived from
cheerful.
Example Sentences
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I don’t know Justice Thomas, but all who do attest to the man’s cheerfulness and affability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Despite this catalog of current and easily predictable future horrors, America keeps up a façade of normality: the manic cheerfulness of TV newscasters, the moronic sitcoms, the contrived crime dramas.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2025
His persistent cheerfulness was itself an act of resistance, a refusal to be broken.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
Ms. Cruz-Rivas, who takes pride in her lack of self-pity, faced the ordeal with odd cheerfulness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
“I declare,” she said, with the same cheerfulness, “sometime he remind me of you when you was a young man.”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
