cheerly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Cheerful, gay

   Cheerful, gay; not gloomy.

   • Wel ſaid, thou look'ſt cheerely, / And Ile be with thee quickly: yet thou lieſt / In the bleake aire.
   • The first thing that roused me from my meditations, was a cheerly voice that saluted me as I was approaching Tattersall's; round whose gates a detachment of tilburies, stanhopes, and led-horses were clustered."
2. 2

   Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily

   Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly.

   • My louing Lord, I take my leaue of you, [...] Not ſicke, although I haue to do with death, / But luſtie, yong, and cheerely drawing breath.
   • He cheerly passes, quaffs the social glass, Propines the winds, or toasts some blooming lass.

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