CHEERFULLY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

cheerfully

adverb

Definition of cheerfully

as in happily

in a cheerful or happy manner cheerfully announced, "It's a beautiful morning!"

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Recent Examples of cheerfully Wagoner eventually recovers and the two cheerfully finish the song to applause. — Stephanie Vander Wel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 At the top end, suites are spacious and cheerfully appointed, with smartly outfitted living rooms, double sinks in the bathrooms, robes, and patterned ceramics. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 Her workspace is cheerfully cluttered with Yankees memorabilia—pretty much what a twelve-year-old might fantasize a Yankees executive’s office to look like. — Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 The group cheerfully lifted beer cans and waved around hats, with one person even holding up their toddler for the shot. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 The jokes are still wildly scattershot and frequently, knowingly lame; the production is still cheap and cheerfully scrappy; the whole ragged enterprise is still reliant on the evident affection and chemistry between its players to hold it together. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Dining here is a bit like a Reddit AMA, with Bognar or fellow chefs cheerfully explaining their techniques. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 3 Aug. 2026 Perez handled the decision more cheerfully than fans in Sacramento, which is serving as the A’s temporary home while their new ballpark is being constructed in Las Vegas. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Golden retrievers remained cheerfully oblivious as usual. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026

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Spending more time crafting weak-salsa anti-Latino jokes than improving the lives of Latinos — that’s the racist swamp the president and his team happily fester in.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Leaving him was necessary, and the woman is now happily remarried.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of happily

Adverb

In Los Angeles, for example, there’s a billboard that shows an image of a smiling girl wearing Meta glasses, with her fingers placed to draw attention to the recording light that shines as brightly as her grin.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
All three are in brightly colored dresses intertwined with flowers, birds, trees and mountains.

— Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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