cheerful

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cheer·ful | \ ˈchir-fəl

Definition of cheerful

1a : 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.

Recent Examples on the Web Other standout shades in terms of resale value include bright-and cheerful shades of orange, green, red, and blue. — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 5 May 2021 And while the 20,000-ish ticketholders will still make cheerful noise, among that murmur won’t be the cry of hawkers offering fistfuls of crimson paper. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020 Some look bewildered but others seem strangely cheerful — the source of much subsequent scholarly debate. — New York Times, 18 May 2021 The Sorrow and the Pity was more cheerful than this display of preachifying finger-pointers. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021 Still, this evening together at a nursing home in Waterford was cheerful. — Freep.com, 18 Apr. 2021 On average, the elderly are more cheerful while the young are more miserable. — Greg Orme, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 Surely Chinese President Xi Jinping would let Mr. Manfred inspect the camps, and why not bring along fellow Georgia boycott enthusiast LeBron James to certify that the Uighurs are cheerful in their work? — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2021 Even better: The cheerful-looking bottles and tubes are 99 percent plastic free and 100 percent recyclable or biodegradable. — Jeffrey Westbrook, Marie Claire, 1 Apr. 2021

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