cheerfully
advUS /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/ · UK /ˈtʃɪəfəli/
Etymology From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly.
1
In a cheerful manner.
- That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:
- 'Well, what have you done this time?' asked Sebastian cheerfully.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 90: