as in happily
in a cheerful or happy manner
cheerfully announced, "It's a beautiful morning!"
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Recent Examples of cheerfully
One lovely sequence sees an outdoor lunch at the lodge turn into an impromptu dance party with a live musician singing some cheerfully inauthentic bossa nova.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
So far, Mamdani has cheerfully brushed aside these cartoon-villain allegations, announcing an ambitious universal-childcare plan and holding an adorable press conference with constituents in the under-five demographic.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
That request was made 10 years ago and was cheerfully accommodated.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Williams cheerfully shreds the culture’s postlapsarian fantasies of childhood.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Tim was a fiercely, cheerfully competitive kid—whether playing board games with his two older sisters or every sport under the sun with his big brothers.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Today, Lamont operates cheerfully as the dominant figure in state politics and government.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Chari would fondly and cheerfully tell us the story behind his name.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
The home’s interiors have been stylishly and cheerfully updated with bright-white walls, contemporary creamy furniture, and a sleek, streamlined bathroom and kitchen that look like they were renovated yesterday.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
So far, Mamdani has cheerfully brushed aside these cartoon-villain allegations, announcing an ambitious universal-childcare plan and holding an adorable press conference with constituents in the under-five demographic.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
That request was made 10 years ago and was cheerfully accommodated.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Williams cheerfully shreds the culture’s postlapsarian fantasies of childhood.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Tim was a fiercely, cheerfully competitive kid—whether playing board games with his two older sisters or every sport under the sun with his big brothers.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Today, Lamont operates cheerfully as the dominant figure in state politics and government.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Chari would fondly and cheerfully tell us the story behind his name.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
The home’s interiors have been stylishly and cheerfully updated with bright-white walls, contemporary creamy furniture, and a sleek, streamlined bathroom and kitchen that look like they were renovated yesterday.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheerfully
Adverb
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On the street, strangers beamed at her round cheeks and blue eyes, and at me, happily implicated in her freshness.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Mraz was happily a member of Page’s backing group at the 2025 Adams Avenue Unplugged Festival and at other performances.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The authors speculate that the horn, or crest, may have been brightly colored, based on the texture of the fossils, and that the crest may have been used to attract or communicate with other members of the species.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2026
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Their immense gravity generates tidal forces in this accretion disk that cause intense friction, resulting in high temperatures that cause this region to brightly glow across the electromagnetic spectrum.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cheerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerfully. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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