Cheerfully
['tʃiəfəli]
Definition
(adv.) in a cheerful manner; 'he cheerfully agreed to do it'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a cheerful manner, gladly.
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Examples
- Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is a dark and intricate story of treacheries, cruelties, and hate, in which the death of the wily Histi?us shines almost cheerfully. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An old acquaintance of yours, this road, Miss Summerson, said Mr. Bucket cheerfully. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But she presently added, more cheerfully, Pray come to Lowick and tell us more of this. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All went on cheerfully now; we met as usual, and talked without dread of our future plans. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Why, I come to be with this good lass pretty much as I came to be with you,' said the old woman, cheerfully, taking the reply upon herself. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I felt exquisitely mean when I said cheerfully: This one does very well; it fits elegantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is a nice room, said I, and the fire burns cheerfully. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The smiles became mutual, and the milk-punch was gradually and cheerfully disposed of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I give it cheerfully, sir. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He spoke cheerfully: the gay tones set my heart at ease. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Let us think of those among our absent friends who are more cheerfully employed, cried Emma. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Emma made no answer, and tried to look cheerfully unconcerned, but was really feeling uncomfortable and wanting him very much to be gone. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The woman came cheerfully onward, talking, as she came, with the man who bore her trunk, and so passed up the plank into the boat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We must not say so, Dame Durden, he cheerfully replied; Ada is the happier, I hope, and that is much. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had been speaking of her cheerfully from the hour of his coming home. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- They kissed their mother quietly, clung about her tenderly, and tried to wave their hands cheerfully when she drove away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When it turns at nine o'clock, said Herbert, cheerfully, look out for us, and stand ready, you over there at Mill Pond Bank! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The girl grinned again more cheerfully than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Why, wait patiently, my dear, until he thinks better of it,' replied Mr. Pickwick cheerfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, I know all about it, said Crispin cheerfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And I am quite interested to see what you will do, Dorothea went on cheerfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the meantime, said Mr. Skimpole cheerfully, as Miss Summerson, with her practical good sense, observes, he is getting worse. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Don't be angry, Pilar, Fernando said calmly and cheerfully. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Emmy's contribution, paid over cheerfully without any questions, kept the little company in half-rations however. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is right on one point at all events,' said the old gentleman cheerfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She dropped a brisk curtsey, and walked back along the gallery, humming a little tune, and keeping time to it cheerfully with the nosegay in her hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Dwell upon that, for she would lay her own fair head beside her husband's cheerfully. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They most willingly and cheerfully do their duty to all of us who are employed here, and we try to do ours to them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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