cheerfully
In a cheerful mannerIn a cheerful manner.
» He walked down the street whistling cheerfully.
Fröhlich vor sich hin pfeifend, lief er die Straße entlang. — xtofu80
Er pfiff fröhlich vor sich hin, während er die Straße entlangging. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesIn a cheerful manner.
in a cheerful manner
Examples
28 sentencesHe walked down the street whistling cheerfully.
deFröhlich vor sich hin pfeifend, lief er die Straße entlang. — xtofu80
She greeted him cheerfully as she always did.
She greeted him cheerfully.
The girls laughed cheerfully.
Tom greeted Mary cheerfully.
Origin
From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly.From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly.
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Forms
more cheerfully, most cheerfully| Comparative | more cheerfully Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most cheerfully |
regular
Synonyms
18 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.