cheerfully

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cheerfully

  • /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/ US
  • /ˈtʃɪəfəli/ UK

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From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly.

adverb more cheerfully · most cheerfully

  1. In a cheerful manner. That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]

    Similar: cheerily, cheerly, blessedly, bubblingly, chearfully, cheerfully, eudaemonically, eupeptically, gaily, gayly, genially, gladly

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Closest in meaning: happily, joyfully, gladly, pleasantly, blithely, merrily, gaily, gleefully, brightly, jovially, chirpily, exuberantly, buoyantly, jauntily, lightheartedly, sunnily

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adv in a cheerful manner

हिन्दीसहर्ष saharṣ

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"cheerfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cheerfully. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cheerfully. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cheerfully

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"cheerfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cheerfully.

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@misc{cheerfully_2026,
  title = {cheerfully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheerfully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}