as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner
an album of bawdy songs from the Elizabethan era, all of them lustily and mirthfully sung
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Adverb
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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.—
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
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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
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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
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“Mirthfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirthfully. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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