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[ US /ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/ ]
[ UK /t‍ʃˈi‍əfə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  2. 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
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