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cheerfully, adv.|ˈtʃɪəfʊlɪ|
[f. cheerful + -ly2.]
1. In a cheerful manner; with liveliness or gladness; blithely, willingly, readily, gladly, joyously.
1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 24 She..procedeth..stoutly & cherefully to the fyre. 1611Bible Acts xxiv. 10, I do the more cheerefully answere for my selfe. 1658Bramhall Consecr. Bps. xi. 17 Now I thanke god I can cherefully sing my nunc dimittis. 1744Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. (1765) 183 My Friend..chearfully bade me Good-Morrow. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. (1876) 191 We conquer our fate when we submit to it cheerfully. 1864Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 208, I cannot write cheerfully. I am not cheerful.
2. Cheeringly, encouragingly, so as to cheer one.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. i. 34 God a mercy old Heart, thou speak'st chearefully. Mod. The fire blazing cheerfully on the hearth. |