US /ˈtʃɪrəli/ UK /ˈtʃɪərɪli/
adv

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a happy and brightly cheerful manner

    She waved cheerily from the window as the train pulled away.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a happy and brightly... happilybrightlymerrilygailyjauntilyblithelysunnily
Opposites
Word family
Related forms cheercheerycheerful

Etymology

From cheery + -ly. Cheer is from Old French chiere ('face, countenance'), from Late Latin cara ('face'), from Greek kara ('head').

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