cheerily

adv
/ˈtʃiːɹɪli/

Etymology

From cheery + -ly.

  1. inherited from cheri
  2. suffixed as cheerily — “cheery + ly

Definitions

  1. In a cheerful manner

    In a cheerful manner; with a cheery demeanour.

    • Having already dismissed the story as a heap of piffle, he cheerily advised the reporters to go for a run.
    • Matters stood thus in the Castle of Avenel, when a winded bugle sent its shrill and prolonged notes from the shore of the lake, and was replied to cheerily by the signal of the warder.
    • What, perhaps, with other things, made Stubb such an easy-going, 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; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cheerily. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA