CHEERILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheerily mean? 

• CHEERILY (adverb)
  The adverb CHEERILY has 1 sense:

1. in a cheerful manner

  Familiarity information: CHEERILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEERILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a cheerful manner

Synonyms:

cheerily; pleasantly; sunnily

Context example:

'I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly

Pertainym:

cheery (bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer)

 Context examples 

After some minutes' silence, he continued, cheerily—Now, Janet, I'll explain to you all about it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Oh, easily enough,” said Hall Pycroft, cheerily.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Next Thanksgiving you'll have dinner with me in Delmonico's," he said cheerily; "or in London, or Paris, or anywhere you wish. I know it."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“That's enough, cap'n,” shouted Long John cheerily.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Here we are!” said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Then shall we bury all cause of unkindness in a flagon of Malvoisie,” said the prince, cheerily.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Come, come, said Baynes cheerily, I think better of the law than that.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He too pulled himself together, and spoke as cheerily as he could, so that the best was made of everything.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Halloa, Lieutenant Stone!” cried the famous admiral very cheerily.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beth lay on her sofa, talking cheerily with her old friend, who held her little hand as if he felt that it possessed the power to lead him along the peaceful way she walked.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)