Definition of Cheerly

1. a. Gay; cheerful.

2. adv. Cheerily.

Definition of Cheerly

1. Adjective. (obsolete) cheerful ¹

2. Adverb. (obsolete) cheerfully ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cheerly

1. cheerily [adv] - See also: cheerily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheerly

cheerios
cheerishness
cheerlead
cheerleaded
cheerleader
cheerleaderish
cheerleaderlike
cheerleaders
cheerleading
cheerleads
cheerled
cheerless
cheerlessly
cheerlessness
cheerlessnesses
cheerly (current term)
cheero
cheeros
cheers
cheery
cheery-bye
cheesable
cheese
cheese-eating surrender monkeys
cheese and rice
cheese box
cheese crisp
cheese crisps
cheese curl
cheese curls

Literary usage of Cheerly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Tar in Fact and Fiction: The Poetry Pathos, and Humour of the by Charles Napier Robinson (1909)
"Who likes a lark right well, cheerly men. And, what's more, will never tell, ... O haul and stretch her luff, cheerly men. Young Lovelies, sweat her up, ..."

2. Béranger: Two Hundred of His Lyrical Poems by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1850)
"cheerly, cheerly, close the ranks ! Forward, forward, Gauls and Franks ! Leaving his morass behind, Mark how the rude Cossack, In place of bivouac, ..."

3. Mrs. Jordan by James Boaden (1800)
"... His Application at Seventy-three — Elliston at the Opera House — Mrs. Jordan Herself Opens the Season of 1804-05 in Widow cheerly — Mathews and Elliston ..."

4. The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence, and by James Boaden (1831)
"... with Venus and the Graces—Cherry's Soldier's Daughter—Mrs. Jordan in the Widow cheerly—Her epilogue, a female army—The Sailor's Daughter, ..."

5. History of the American Theatre by William Dunlap (1833)
"... a Folly—Mrs. Mason—Her Widow cheerly—Mr, Simpson—His Debut—His Early History—Engaged by Dr. ... cheerly ..."

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