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cheerly¹

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)li

Where it comes from

From cheer + -ly.

adjective more cheerly · cheerlier · most cheerly · cheerliest

  1. archaic Cheerful, gay; not gloomy. Wel ſaid, thou look'ſt cheerely, / And Ile be with thee quickly: yet thou lieſt / In the bleake aire.

cheerly²

Where it comes from

From Middle English cheerly, cherly, cherely, cheerliche, equivalent to cheer + -ly.

adverb more cheerly · cheerlier · most cheerly · cheerliest

  1. archaic 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.

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

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@misc{cheerly_2026,
  title = {cheerly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheerly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}