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cheerfully

Syllables: cheer·ful·lyUK/ˈtʃɪəfəli//ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/

cheerfully adverb: in a cheerful manner.

Adverb

cheerfully (comparative more cheerfully, superlative 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, […]1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217
    • 'Well, what have you done this time?' asked Sebastian cheerfully.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 90

cheerfully meaning in Hindi and Kannada

cheerfully in Hindi

in a cheerful manner
सहर्ष saharṣ

cheerfully in Kannada

ಹರ್ಷಚಿತ್ತದಿಂದ

Examples of cheerfully in a sentence

  • The baby animal trotted cheerfully around the grassy enclosure, adorable in her hippopotamine rotundness.
  • " And have bird cack on their heads , " Jacques agreed cheerfully, to Ash's relief.
  • "Scuse me," a voice said cheerfully, "can I snatch you guyses Tabasco sauce?"

All 18 example sentences with cheerfully

Synonyms of cheerfully

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All synonyms of cheerfully

Forms of cheerfully

comparativemore cheerfully
superlativemost cheerfully

Origin of cheerfully

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

Questions about cheerfully

What does cheerfully mean?
Cheerfully means in a cheerful manner.
What is cheerfully in Hindi?
Cheerfully in Hindi is सहर्ष (saharṣ). See Cheerfully meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cheerfully?
Cheerfully is an adverb.
How do you pronounce cheerfully?
Cheerfully is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/ (US).

Words near cheerfully in the dictionary

  1. cheerfulizing
  2. cheerfull
  3. cheerfuller
  4. cheerfullest
  5. cheerfullier
  6. cheerfully
  7. cheerfulness
  8. cheerfulnesses
  9. cheerfulsome
  10. cheerie-bye
  11. cheerier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheerfully (page history and authors); cheerfully (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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