Chearfulness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of cheerfulness. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
"The Sun to the Terms of Mercury. It inclineth the native to be Mercurial, given to ſtudy Arts and Sciences, and to delight in reading, and to follow his Calling with chearfulneſs."
Example
More examples"Let me therefore enter upon this noble cause with a chearfulness, grounded upon this assurance, that my adversary's cause is maintain'd by nothing but fraud, fallacy, ignorance and barbarity; whereas mine has light, truth, reason, the practice and the learning of the best ages of the world, of its side."
Etymology
From chearful + -ness.
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