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Meanings of cheerily in English

In a cheerful manner.

Synonyms
Examples for "pleasantly"
Examples for "pleasantly"
1
The months ahead are likely to start on a pleasantly busy note.
The South African
2
She greeted him pleasantly, and they talked, quite easily, for several minutes.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
3
Duncan felt pleasantly surprised that she'd asked without either challenge or sarcasm.
Blind Man's Alley
4
The natural murmurs of the summer floated pleasantly through the open door.
The Four Feathers
5
I was pleasantly surprised at how far the app selection has come.
Wired
1
Simmon. Sim smiled sunnily and brushed his hair away from his eyes.
The Name of the Wind
2
The warm June day drifted sunnily into Boswell's study window.
The Place Beyond the Winds
3
As if fortune had at last decided in their favor, the days went sunnily by.
Where the Sun Swings North
4
Although her cheeks were still wet with tears, she grinned at me sunnily enough in response.
Bag of Bones
5
Bill Denbrough put his hands on his hips, smiled sunnily, and said: Wuh-wuh-well, h-here we a-a-are .
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Usage of cheerily in English
1
The Great Room in Belfast's City Hall, flag free and cheerily welcoming.
The Irish Times
2
Meanwhile the Piper mowed down the weeds in the garden, whistling cheerily.
A Spinner in the Sun
3
To Vetinari he said cheerily, 'Well, sir, I don't see why not.
Raising Steam
4
At that moment a clear voice rang out cheerily in the distance.
The Judgment House
5
Smiling cheerily atop a tragic report, and some sub-editor is in trouble.
The Irish Times
6
But in spite of this Lionel heard him whistling cheerily beside him.
Dreamland
7
He came in cheerily, his hearty voice ringing with health and good-will.
The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota
8
The Dervishes loosened their cloaks and proceeded to talk cheerily among themselves.
The Tragedy of the Korosko
9
Herman cheerily combed his red beard and scoffed at his late opponent.
The Wrong Twin
10
But as they stopped at the cottage her new friend said, cheerily:
What Can She Do?
11
The lights of the Shakespeare Hotel shone cheerily as they came forward.
Penny Plain
12
He began to pipe sharply but cheerily at men upon the floor.
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil Wa...
13
A few moments later he was out chatting cheerily with the grooms.
The Perils of Pauline
14
The surgeon shook his right hand cheerily, and he was carried on.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
15
It was cheerily fitted up, and a fire of beech logs blazing.
A Woman-Hater
16
Forcing back the tears which sprang to her eyes, she cried, cheerily:
Tracy Park: A Novel
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Cheerily through the time
Cheerily across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common