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单词 cheerfully
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cheerfullyadv.

Brit. /ˈtʃɪəfᵿli/, /ˈtʃɪəfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪrfəli/
Forms: see cheerful adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cheerful adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < cheerful adj. + -ly suffix2.
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).
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