单词 | cheerfully |
释义 | cheerfullyadv. 1. So as to gladden, comfort, or encourage; in a way that inspires cheerful feelings; cheeringly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] > in a cheering manner cheerfullyc1425 comfortablya1513 cheerly1596 cheeringly1674 enliveningly1867 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 45 (MED) Aforne the weylyng man seynt Barthilmewe stoid, cherefully confortynge hym. a1500 St. Barbara (Lamb. 72) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 442 He sente vnto hym his owne dere moder to his comfort, which moder and lady of alle comfort and of mercy abhorred not this synner, but easely and cherefully sche seide vnto hym [etc.]. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine ii. vi. 28 Sound drummes & trumpets, sound vp cheerfully. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 35 God a mercy old Heart, thou speak'st chearefully . View more context for this quotation a1634 R. Chapman Hallelu-jah (1635) 144 As the Sunne is cheerefully pleasant to eyes that be sound, so it is troublesome to the sore. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 73 The blaze of this fire shines yet more cheerfully from the contrasted dreariness of the place. 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xv. 168 The Candle-wood blazed cheerfully upon the hearth. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia iii. ii. 298 Little streams of dark water gurgling cheerfully into the streets out of old snow-banks. 1958 K. Nelson & C. Ford Klondy: Daughter Gold Rush iv. 66 Flames glowed cheerfully through the isinglass window of the hard-coal heater. 2015 Metro (Nexis) 9 Apr. 52 Underground cottages..cheerfully decorated with bright boho colours, tropical plants and white shutters. 2. a. With alacrity; willingly, eagerly; ungrudgingly. Cf. happily adv. 5b, gladly adv. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. f. cxxxviii/2 Kynge Henry..rode fro batayle to batayle ryght swetely,..and so he shewed himselfe so cherefully yt euery man was ioyfull to beholde hym. 1526 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. sig. c v Grave and printe thi deare sonne Iesus in oure hertes, that we strengthed thorowe hym maye cherefully and gladly sofre and endure the destroyinge and killynge of oure will. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 109 This monark [sc. Alexander] sustaining infinite labor, and cheerefully sheading his bloud. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxiv. 10 I do the more cheerefully answere for my selfe. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 138 The one doth it cheerfully and willingly; the other grudgingly and repiningly. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Oct. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 468 I will most chearfully supply, not only every necessary, but every decent expence you can make. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 65 The authority of Theodosius was cheerfully acknowledged by all the inhabitants of the Roman world. 1832 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 926 Mrs Gillman will cheerfully pay the ultra-marine postage of this Letter. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 255 We conquer our fate when we submit to it cheerfully. 1867 Earthen Vessel 1 Aug. 254/2 Our esteemed brother Cox would have cheerfully added his signature, but was prevented being at our meeting by age and infirmity. 1923 Nation 18 July 49 He has swung blithely into the driver's seat and cheerfully undertaken to run the nation without knowing how. 1992 Economist 14 Mar. 102/3 Others are cheerfully accepting shoddier products because of their throw-away prices. 2000 Sunday Times 23 July (Travel section) 2/7 You're probably a lot better off than your hosts;..when you strike a deal, stump up cheerfully. b. With no sense of unease or remorse; with casual indifference; unapologetically. Cf. happily adv. 5a, blithely adv. 3. ΚΠ 1832 Nolan County News (Sweetwater) 3 Nov. 4/4 A woman who cheerfully admits her own incompetence to be governor unaided. 1896 Charity Organisation Rev. Feb. 74 We really must refer to the comments made by the Sun;..they are so cheerfully indifferent to the actual facts. 1947 New Yorker 22 Mar. 46/2 A Conservative who had told me..that the workers would never accept these prefabs now cheerfully admits that he was wrong. 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 24/2 The Bunyanesque extravert..who cheerfully mangled facts in his haste to paint the big picture. 1989 N.Y. Woman Oct. 124/3 The women are cheerfully unrepentant. 2003 M. Klein Change Makers 6 His study of entrepreneurs is an intriguing blend of shrewd insights, simplistic generalizations, helpful advice, and contradictions cheerfully ignored. 3. In a cheerful, happy, or joyful manner; with liveliness or good spirits. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] gladlyc900 blithec1000 merryOE blithelyc1175 cheerly1546 cheerily1559 cheerfully1560 heartsomely1637 genially1751 good-humouredly1753 smilingly1806 sunnily1817 riantly1821 sunnily1828 blithesomely1858 blithefully1864 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xxxiii. 3 Sing vnto him a new song: sing cherefully with a loude voyce. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 59 Let them walke livelily and cheerefully, not as men bound up by a spirit of bondage, and reserved under darknesse, but as men set at liberty and in a joyfull light. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ii. 17 Now I thanke god I can cherefully sing my nunc dimittis. 1703 S. Sewall Diary 16 Mar. (1973) I. 483 The Robbins cheerfully utter their Notes this morn. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. 183 My Friend..chearfully bade me Good-Morrow. 1856 Times 2 Dec. 10/4 I fill it [sc. my glass] myself, quaff it off, and continue to converse cheerfully. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 208 I cannot write cheerfully. I am not cheerful. 1937 D. Teilhet & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders ii. 33 He waved cheerfully to the Baron. 1989 L. Bryce Influential Woman (1990) v. 85 If..I sit down, relax, smile cheerfully and invite questions, I always get them. 2012 Observer 27 May (Mag.) 74/3 ‘Eat one, get another free!’ says Armando cheerfully. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1425 |
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