cheerily

1. 1.

   in a cheerful manner

   “`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly”

   Synonymspleasantlysunnily

Questions about cheerily

What does cheerily mean?

cheerily means "in a cheerful manner".

How many syllables are in cheerily?

cheerily has 3 syllables: chee-ri-ly. The stress falls on "chee".

What is another word for cheerily?

Close synonyms include pleasantly, sunnily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cheerily a common word?

cheerily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.