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US
/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/
]
[ UK /tʃˈiəfəl/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈiəfəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be
a cheerful room
her cheerful nature
a cheerful greeting - pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
How To Use cheerful In A Sentence
- They could perhaps be trained to make lively, cheerful song and dance numbers in a kind of baa-llywood stylee. Cow burps. | clusterflock
- The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
- The birds have seen me look a great deal worse than this, a great _deal_ worse," said Jewel cheerfully. Jewel's Story Book
- Instead of being crushed at once, as perhaps the writer expected, it darted forward, quite briskly and cheerfully, at six or seven miles an hour; requiring no spur or admonitive to haste, except the shrieking of the little Egyptian _gamin_, who ran along by asinus's side. "[ Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.
- Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health.
- Mum has been a lot more cheerful since Quigley was declared bankrupt, insane and guilty of fraud.
- Delaunay's bright, geometric gouache, watercolor and black crayon "Rythme couleur, Paris" (1966) is estimated at £20,000-£30,000; carrying the same estimate will be Otto Freundlich's cheerful pastel "Cosmic Rainbow" (1922). Tips to Starting a Collection
- They were energetic, bright eyed, and cheerful.
- She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying.
- Cheerful competition between strongmen is harmless enough in times of peace. Times, Sunday Times