cheerilyadv.

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale vii. v. f. 151 God loueth him that geueth cherily.

1584 C. Robinson et al. Handefull Pleasant Delites (new ed.) sig. Cv And do not snuffe though I be plaine, But cherily, merily, take the same. For huffing & snuffing deserueth blame.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. v. 47 And now taking leaue of my former wearinesse, looking cheerily vpon him, I said vnto him; Mine Host, bring vs what you thinke good.

1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. iv. 44 Let's go cheerily on with the business.

1709 J. Stevens tr. P. de Cieza Seventeen Years Trav. xii. 33 They bred up the Infants very cheerily till they came to 12, or 13 Years old, and at that Age..they fed on them as a great Dainty.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. iv. 83 Never fear, replied Trim chearily.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ii. 18 Cheerily Tread thou the path that leads thee to the grave.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 40 Instead of the lively song of ‘Cheerily, men!’ in which all hands join in the chorus, we pulled a long, heavy, silent pull.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 31 And from the east the wind blew cheerily.

1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman viii. 78 I wish them [sc. my instructors]..to be as sweetly patient and cheerily maternal as they would be to my daughter's daughter.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae i. 21 The pubcrawling male cheerily relieves himself in midnight alleyways.

2008 C. Ogden Frost Bites ii. 15 Many festivalgoers in jaunty hats..waved cheerily to one another.