cheerly
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cheerly
Example Sentences
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No more; I'll launch my yawl—ho, cheerly, heart! and push away for fairy-land—for rainbow's end, in fairy-land.
From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman
Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, “I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men.”
From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.
And I, all fearfully, Replied, "My dear, fully Will I explain: I love you dearly, But look not cheerly Since all says clearly I love in vain."
From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius
O cheerly, cheerly by the road And merrily down the billet; And where the acre-field is sowed With bristle-bearded millet.
From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.
To Sorrow I bade good-morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly— She is so constant to me and so kind.
From Side Lights by Allen, Grant
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