Synonyms of cheerily

cheerily

adverb

as in cheerfully

in a cheerful or happy manner

waving cheerily as they drove off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerfully
• happily
• brightly
• smilingly
• jovially
• merrily
• joyfully
• jocosely
• heartily
• mirthfully
• gaily
• joyously
• exuberantly
• laughingly
• giddily
• blithely
• breezily
• amusedly
• friendly
• lightheartedly
• optimistically
• gladly
• good-naturedly
• jocularly
• sunnily
• amicably
• blissfully
• hopefully
• rapturously
• good-humoredly
• friendlily
• gigglingly
• sanguinely
• elatedly
• blithesomely
• euphorically
• gladsomely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhappily
• heavily
• darkly
• morosely
• miserably
• bleakly
• dejectedly
• disconsolately
• mournfully
• despondently
• sorrowfully
• plaintively
• dolefully
• abjectly
• wretchedly
• sternly
• forlornly
• glumly
• cheerlessly
• sullenly
• sourly
• sulkily
• dispiritedly
• gloomily
• dourly
• drearily
• dismally
• pessimistically
• dolorously
• mirthlessly
• blackly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cheerily

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

Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls. — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Dina Powell McCormick weaves through the crowd, cheerily hugging people and introducing strangers to one another. — Ellie Austin, Fortune, 27 May 2026

Shortly after the Bears revealed their consideration of Hammond, Pritzker suddenly began talking cheerily about possible state infrastructure support for an Arlington Heights stadium. — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 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