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cheerly

American

[cheer-lee] / ˈtʃɪər li /

adverb

Archaic. cheerily; cheeringly.

cheerly British

/ ˈtʃɪəlɪ /

adjective

archaic cheerful or cheerfully

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Etymology

Origin of cheerly

cheer + -ly

Example Sentences

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Cheerly on the ax of labor Let the sunbeam dance, Better than the flash of saber Or the gleam of lance!

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Cheerly, good hearts! out of our way, sirs.

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He cheerly sits beside his cottage door, In the sweet light of ev’ning’s parting sun, His young ones sporting o’er the sanded floor:— What cheers the seaman, when the fight is won, And vict’ry smiles upon our naval band?

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The honest Cambrians round their cyder cask, In friendship meet the moments to solace; Tell all thy worth as circles round the ask, And cheerly sing of “Shenkin’s noble race.”

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Mont. Cheerly, my valiant friends! the field is ours.

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