cheery
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer + -y.
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[edit]cheery (comparative cheerier, superlative cheeriest)
- In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222:
- The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.
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