mirthfully

adverb

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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirthfully
  1. cheerfully
  2. happily
  3. brightly
Adverb
  • Wagoner eventually recovers and the two cheerfully finish the song to applause.
    — Stephanie Vander Wel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • At the top end, suites are spacious and cheerfully appointed, with smartly outfitted living rooms, double sinks in the bathrooms, robes, and patterned ceramics.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
Adverb
  • Spending more time crafting weak-salsa anti-Latino jokes than improving the lives of Latinos — that’s the racist swamp the president and his team happily fester in.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Leaving him was necessary, and the woman is now happily remarried.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of happily
Adverb
  • In Los Angeles, for example, there’s a billboard that shows an image of a smiling girl wearing Meta glasses, with her fingers placed to draw attention to the recording light that shines as brightly as her grin.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • All three are in brightly colored dresses intertwined with flowers, birds, trees and mountains.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of brightly
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“Mirthfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirthfully. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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