CHEERILY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

cheerily

adverb

Definition of cheerily

as in cheerfully

in a cheerful or happy manner waving cheerily as they drove off

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Recent Examples of cheerily Your server, wearing a conductor’s hat, cheerily shakes them up in front of you. — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Ashley Graham, co-founder of Lucci Lambrusco, cheerily celebrates the brand at Pizzeria Portofino in Chicago on July 15. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 If the cheerily rhyming title about murder doesn’t quite do it for you, just Google what the posters look like. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Dina Powell McCormick weaves through the crowd, cheerily hugging people and introducing strangers to one another. — Ellie Austin, Fortune, 27 May 2026 But a reporter working on a story like mine would never request or permit an escort—after all, how can someone talk freely about a subject while being observed, however cheerily, by the government? — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025 No, no, and no, the young scouts report, cheerily reassuring their potential customers. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025

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Adverb

Moments after sitting down at an outdoor table, Oppenheim breathes in the ocean air and starts cheerfully free-associating.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
There were hundreds of bikers milling around cheerfully in the showery sunshine and proudly displaying their hogs.

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheerfully

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He is surrounded by a parade of savvier comic archetypes — from his urbane, happily rational brother, Beralde (Dylan Baker), to his smart-aleck maid, Toinette (Rachel Bloom, giving eternal side-eye) — who have to either evade or manipulate him.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Joanne and Noah’s happily-ever-after feels more secure than ever this season — what a concept!

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

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