1
a
: full of good spirits : merry
a cheerful host
b
: ungrudging
cheerful obedience
2
: conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry
sunny cheerful room
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Examples of cheerful in a Sentence
She has a cheerful outlook on life.
He seems a little more cheerful today.
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Irving is in a particularly good mood as expected, with a cheerful demeanor and his wife and children off to the side.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
Steering through zany tangents and cheerful bickering, the two chat about Argentina’s unbelievable whale watching, out-of-this-world glaciers in Patagonia, and asados—12-hour spit-roast barbecues with butchering techniques that leave O’Brien a little squeamish.
—Julian Manning, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2024
Or experiencing a second ride with the trademark Grateful Dead skeleton through a cheerful psychedelic landscape during the second set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024
The cheerful farm girl Roberta actually gets killed for her amiability in Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
Steering through zany tangents and cheerful bickering, the two chat about Argentina’s unbelievable whale watching, out-of-this-world glaciers in Patagonia, and asados—12-hour spit-roast barbecues with butchering techniques that leave O’Brien a little squeamish.
—Julian Manning, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2024
Or experiencing a second ride with the trademark Grateful Dead skeleton through a cheerful psychedelic landscape during the second set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024
The cheerful farm girl Roberta actually gets killed for her amiability in Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cheerful
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“Cheerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheerful. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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cheerful
adjective
cheer·ful
ˈchi(ə)r-fəl 
1
a
: full of good spirits
a cheerful outlook
b
: willing sense 3
cheerful obedience
2
: pleasantly bright
a sunny cheerful room
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