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Cheerly

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cheerful, gay; not gloomy. archaic

    "Wel ſaid, thou look'ſt cheerely, / And Ile be with thee quickly: yet thou lieſt / In the bleake aire."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly. archaic

    "My louing Lord, I take my leaue of you, [...] Not ſicke, although I haue to do with death, / But luſtie, yong, and cheerely drawing breath."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cheer + -ly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cheerly, cherly, cherely, cheerliche, equivalent to cheer + -ly.

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