cheerly
English
Adjective
cheerly (comparative more cheerly, superlative most cheerly)
- (archaic) gay; cheerful; not gloomy
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, II. vi. 13:
- Thou lookest cheerly, and I'll be with / thee quickly.
- 1841, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Cecil: Or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb: A Novel - Volume 1 - Page 100:
- The first thing that roused me from my meditations, was a cheerly voice that saluted me as I was approaching Tattersall's; round whose gates a detachment of tilburies, stanhopes, and led-horses were clustered."
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, II. vi. 13:
Adverb
cheerly (comparative more cheerly, superlative most cheerly)
- (archaic) cheerily; cheerfully; heartily; briskly
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, I. iii. 66:
- But lusty, young, and cheerly drawing breath.
- 1818, Archibald Johnston, The Mariner: A Poem in Two Cantos, page 15:
- He cheerly passes, quaffs the social glass,
Propines the winds, or toasts some blooming lass.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, I. iii. 66:
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