cheerly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHEERLY, adjective Gay; cheerful; not gloomy. CHEERLY, adverb Cheerfully; heartily; briskly. CHEERLY, adjective Gay; sprightly; having power to make gay. Come, let us hie, and quaff a cheery bowl.
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