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# cheerfully

«cheerfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a happy, bright and friendly way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (cheerfully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a happy, bright and friendly way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#m1)

2) Willingly, without complaining, as in «she cheerfully helped». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#m2)

3) Without caring or noticing a problem, as in «he cheerfully ignored the rules». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it tells the reader that a character is in a good mood or happy to help. In PSHE lessons, doing jobs cheerfully is shown as a kind attitude. Phrases: «cheerfully agreed», «whistled cheerfully».

### examples

- She cheerfully said good morning to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x1)
- He whistled cheerfully as he walked to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x2)
- The children cheerfully tidied the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x3)
- Grandpa waved cheerfully from the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x4)
- The sun shone cheerfully on the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x5)
- He cheerfully ignored the «Keep Off the Grass» sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x6)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «cheerful» + -ly: two l's (cheer-ful-ly). Opposites: gloomily, grumpily, sadly.

### In the corpora

- [For an hour or more he searches the whole wood, calling cheerfully, «Moly, Moly, Moly!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/2/)
- [He searched «the whole ground, and all the time calling out cheerfully, "Moly, Moly, Moly!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cheerfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.