cheerily


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cheer·y

 (chîr′ē)
adj. cheer·i·er, cheer·i·est
Showing or suggesting good spirits; cheerful: a cheery hello.

cheer′i·ly adv.
cheer′i·ness n.
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Adv.1.cheerily - in a cheerful manner; "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly"
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Translations
بابْتِهاج، بِفَرَح
vesele
fornøjeligtmuntert
glaîlega
keyifleneşeyle

cheerily

[ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ] ADValegremente, jovialmente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cheerily

[ˈtʃɪərɪli] adv [say] → avec entrain
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cheerily

advfröhlich, vergnügt; cheerily colouredlustig angemalt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cheerily

[ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ] advallegramente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cheer

(tʃiə) noun
1. a shout of approval, encouragement or welcome. Three cheers for the Queen!
2. mood. Be of good cheer.
verb
to give a shout of approval etc (to). The crowd cheered the new champion.
ˈcheerful adjective
full of, or causing, happiness. a cheerful smile; cheerful news.
ˈcheerfully adverb
ˈcheerfulness noun
ˈcheerless adjective
gloomy. a cheerless room.
cheers! interjection
1. used as a toast when drinking.
2. cheerio!.
3. thanks!.
ˈcheery adjective
lively and happy.
ˈcheerily adverb
ˈcheeriness noun
cheer up
to make or become (more cheerful). He cheered up when he saw her; The flowers will cheer her up.
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References in classic literature ?
And thus, while the one ship went cheerily before the breeze, the other stubbornly fought against it; and so the two vessels parted; the crew of the Pequod looking with grave, lingering glances towards the receding Bachelor; but the Bachelor's men never heeding their gaze for the lively revelry they were in.
The inn windows beamed cheerily, a home of ruddy rest.
(The Pilot made reply) I am a-feared"--"Push on, push on!" Said the Hermit cheerily.
A gallant sight she was, when we, fast gaining on her in a steamboat, saw her in the distance riding at anchor: her tall masts pointing up in graceful lines against the sky, and every rope and spar expressed in delicate and thread-like outline: gallant, too, when, we being all aboard, the anchor came up to the sturdy chorus 'Cheerily men, oh cheerily!' and she followed proudly in the towing steamboat's wake: but bravest and most gallant of all, when the tow-rope being cast adrift, the canvas fluttered from her masts, and spreading her white wings she soared away upon her free and solitary course.
He said, cheerily, but not quite so cheerily as he tried to say, that it should be done--that he gave her his faithful promise.
What, perhaps, with other things, made Stubb such an easygoing, unfearing man, so cheerily trudging off with the burden of life in a world full of grave peddlers, all bowed to the ground with their packs; what helped to bring about that almost impious good-humor of his; that thing must have been his pipe.
"Perfectly right," he interrupted very cheerily, "perfectly right--a gentleman and a magistrate.
"Come in," he said cheerily. "I'm delighted to see you.
"I expect you've got a good lot to learn," the headmaster bellowed cheerily.
"I'll do my best," said Nick, cheerily; "and, as a matter of fact, I do not often fail in what I attempt.
There was the bright little water spring, from which we drank when we were weary and thirsty in sultry summer days, still bubbling its way downward to the lake as cheerily as ever.
"Want to see how it happened?" he asked cheerily. I read the article.