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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHEERLY

a.Gay; cheerful; not gloomy.

CHEERLY

adv. Cheerfully; heartily; briskly.

CHEERLY

a.Gay; sprightly; having power to make gay. Come, let us hie, and quaff a cheery bowl.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHEERLY

CHEERLY Cheer "ly, a.

Defn: Gay; cheerful. [Obs. ] Shak.

CHEERLY

CHEERLY Cheer "ly, adv.

Defn: Cheerily. [Archaic ] Tennyson.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cheerly

cheer ly |ˈCHi (ə )rlē ˈtʃɪrli | ▶adverb archaic heartily (used as a cry of encouragement among sailors ).

Oxford Dictionary

cheerly

cheer ¦ly |ˈtʃɪəli | ▶adverb archaic heartily (used as a cry of encouragement among sailors ).