cheery
adjAU, UK /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹi/ · US /ˈt͡ʃɪɚi/
Etymology From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer + -y.
1
In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
- The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222:
- Derived terms
- cheerily, cheeriness, Cheerios, uncheery
- Related terms
- cheery-bye