cheerly
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Is cheerly a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of cheerly?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (archaic) Cheerful, gay; not gloomy.Examples: "Wel ſaid, thou look'ſt cheerely, / And Ile be with thee quickly: yet thou lieſt / In the bleake aire."; "The first thing that roused me from my meditations, was a cheerly voice that saluted me as I was approaching Tattersall's; round whose gates a detachment of tilburies, stanhopes, and led-horses were clustered.""archaic
adv (English)
1. (archaic) Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly.Examples: "My louing Lord, I take my leaue of you, [...] Not ſicke, although I haue to do with death, / But luſtie, yong, and cheerely drawing breath."; "What matters me who wears the crown of France? / Whether a Richard or a Charles possess it? / They reap the glory—they enjoy the spoil— / We pay—we bleed!—The sun would shine as cheerly, / The rains of heaven as seasonably fall, / Tho' neither of these royal pests existed."; "He cheerly passes, quaffs the social glass, Propines the winds, or toasts some blooming lass."Synonyms: gaily, mirthfully, blessedly, bubblingly, chearfully, cheerfully, cheerily, cheerlyarchaic
Definition source: Wiktionary