Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.
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1 The gay marriage law in Washington state has not yet taken effect.
2 There's no way to mince words here; it's a pretty gay situation.
3 But gay rights in Cuba have taken great strides in recent years.
4 A good example, she says, is the party's opposition to gay marriage.
5 However, in the longer term, married gay couple may invest more together.
1 Europe without a way forward may reverse an overly merry first quarter.
2 So the swineherd departed; and the suitors made merry in the hall.
3 But the law of unintended consequences sometimes goes its own merry way.
4 The merry -makers stood around; the men looked serious and the ladies shivered.
5 No longer in the winter-time, but in the merry month of May.
1 Sir David explained the situation; he was quite cheery , all things considered.
2 She heard the pleasant bustle below; the light laughter, the cheery calls.
3 He was speaking in the usual cheery tones of the bedside optimist.
4 The candles were brought in, and the room looked bright and cheery .
5 The owner of the cheery voice took him firmly by the arm.
1 Find in the Glossary the meaning of: glittering; trims; spray; blithe ; measures.
2 He is unassuming in manner, blithe in company, earnest in the pulpit.
3 But what is lightsome and blithe in her, was debonaire in him.
4 The two had met in June on equal terms of blithe youth.
5 The composer dashed a blithe flourish to the tail of a note.
1 A brighter day beckons. It's a surprisingly chirpy approach from Mr Gigaba.
2 Eating bugs may not be everyone's idea of making food more chirpy .
3 Perfectly all right and all that, but not what you'd call chirpy .
4 He didn't look his chirpy self -more skulk than customary swagger.
5 The chirpy drone of a home-improvement show burbles through the kitchen door.
6 If we can address those areas, nothing is impossible, said the chirpy stumper-batsman.
7 Not for years have Britain's leading dairy firms been so chirpy .
8 We were certainly very chirpy out in the field as well.
9 I was leaving a decidedly less chirpy message, when a call beeped in.
10 Its chirpy , clip-clop rhythm seemed so at odds with the subject.
11 SIR Patrick Mayhew was in valedictory mode: relaxed, chirpy and buoyant.
12 No chirpy waitresses introducing themselves American-style, telling us everything but their pets' names.
13 Confessions were saucy comedies starring the ebullient Robin Askwith as chirpy Timmy Lea.
14 No sound bites from Gay Mitchell, no chirpy circular from DISC.
15 She heard almost immediately another door opened and a boy's chirpy voice say:
16 Mr Waller, still chirpy , had nothing but good news of Edward.
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