cheerfully

B2
US /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/ UK /ˈtʃɪəfəli/
adv Freq #28625

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a cheerful manner

    They cheerfully agreed to do it.

  2. 2
    adv

    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, […]

Etymology

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

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a cheerful manner pleasantly
2 adv · in a cheerful manner. blessedlybubblinglychearfullycheerfullycheerilycheerlyeudaemonicallyeupepticallygailygaylygeniallygladly

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