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Cheerful

//ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Noticeably happy and optimistic.

    "Ever in cheerfullest mood art thou, when others are filled with Gloomy forebodings of illl, and see only ruin before them."

  2. 2
    Bright and pleasant.

    "They enjoyed a cheerful room."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits wordnet
  2. 2
    pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful.

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