cheerier; cheeriest
1
: marked by cheerfulness or good spirits
2
: causing or suggesting cheerfulness
cheery music
Examples of cheery in a Sentence
a cheery grin on the host of the holiday party
a cheery, unexpected compliment can really make another person's day
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
But Garrett and Barsotti hope Caffe Lucca’s cheery interior stirs up sunny memories of long dinners over seafood and wine with friends or family.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
The bright, cheery room, decorated with technicolor serapes and paintings of idyllic tropical-village scenes, felt almost like a taunt.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The cheery headshots are of candidates running in Tuesday's parliamentary elections.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cheery
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“Cheery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheery. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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