adj
Meaning 1
Cheerful, gay; not gloomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cheerly
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)li
adv
Meaning 2
Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaily, mirthfully, blessedly, bubblingly, chearfully, cheerfully, cheerily, cheerly, eudaemonically, eupeptically, gayly, genially, gladly, happily, joyfully, joyously, lightheartedly, merrily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From cheer + -ly.
From Middle English cheerly, cherly, cherely, cheerliche, equivalent to cheer + -ly.