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cheerly

cheer·ly

Today it means: Cheerful, gay; not gloomy. Full definition →

Middle English cheerly

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cheerly · adjective¹

From cheer + -ly.

cheerly · adverb²

Middle English · inherited fromcheerly
English todaycheerly

From Middle English cheerly, cherly, cherely, cheerliche, equivalent to cheer + -ly.

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