cheery
adjective
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
cheerily
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a word derived from
cheery.
Example Sentences
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Not likely, Dallas replies cheerily, “but that’s what we’re working hard for!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
He cheerily repeated this in the media, which might have been forgivable if it had been true, but results showed that it was demonstrably untrue.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
We've all been cheerily instructed to do more with less, often without basic tools.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 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
His knees bent; he could feel the sea breeze wrapping itself around the cupola and leaning into it some, setting the frame to creaking cheerily at the familiar nudge.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
