cheery
adjective
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
cheerily
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a word derived from
cheery.
Example Sentences
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As she worked on Go Gentle, her heroine turned into a sage who desired only what she had and cheerily accepted whatever fate threw at her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The stand was around one-quarter full, but the jeers seemed to drift aimlessly over Europe's number one as he cheerily waved back, before heading off down the fairway, obligingly signing autographs as he went.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
The medium cheerily explained that she could make the voices come and go as she pleased.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
The two could civilly debate the issues of the day while cheerily disagreeing with each other—serving as a model of bipartisan debate and domesticity.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2024
Holmes and the detectives parted as cheerily as if they had known each other all their lives.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
