cheery

[ cheer-ee ]
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adjective,cheer·i·er, cheer·i·est.
  1. in good spirits; cheerful; happy.

  2. promoting cheer; enlivening.

Origin of cheery

1
First recorded in 1840–50; cheer + -y1

Other words from cheery

  • cheer·i·ly, adverb
  • cheer·i·ness, noun
  • un·cheer·i·ly, adverb
  • un·cheer·i·ness, noun
  • un·cheer·y, adjective

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How to use cheery in a sentence

  • The sun shone through my window on your letter as I read it, adding to its cheeriness.

  • After this auspicious beginning, the cheeriness of the midday meal was in pleasing contrast to the gloom of breakfast.

    Peggy Raymond's Vacation | Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
  • The men are splendid—their cheeriness comes up bubbling whenever the occasion calls for the dumps.

    Carry On | Coningsby Dawson
  • So far as there could be, or ought to be, comfort and cheeriness on so sad an occasion, comfort and cheeriness were here.

    Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Nanna shared with her this love of colour, going in as she did for everything that increased true cheeriness.

    The Little Missis | Charlotte Skinner

British Dictionary definitions for cheery

cheery

/ (ˈtʃɪərɪ) /


adjectivecheerier or cheeriest
  1. showing or inspiring cheerfulness

Derived forms of cheery

  • cheerily, adverb
  • cheeriness, noun

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