cheery
adjective /ˈtʃɪə.ri/
/ˈtʃɪr.i/ Definition
› bright and happy: She walked in with a cheery "Good morning!" He gave us a cheery wave as we drove past.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something cheerily /ˈtʃɪə.rɪ.li/
/ˈtʃɪr.ɪ-/ adverb › He waved cheerily.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something cheeriness /-nəs/ noun [U] Pleasure and happiness
/ˈtʃɪr.ɪ-/ adverb › He waved cheerily.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something cheeriness /-nəs/ noun [U] Pleasure and happiness (Definition of cheery adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
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- contented adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
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- jaunty adjective
- joyful adjective
- joyous adjective
- jubilant adjective
- jump for joy idiom
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- thrilled adjective
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