What does cheerfully mean?
Word: Cheerfully
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: Cheerfully means in a happy, bright and willing way.
Synonyms: happily, gladly, willingly, merrily
Antonyms: grudgingly, gloomily
How do you spell cheerfully?
Syllables: cheer - ful - ly
Tricky part: Cheer has a double e, not ea.
Watch out for: chearfully, chirfully
Memory tip: Cheer has two e's, like the two bright eyes of a smiling face.
Cheerfully in a sentence
Example 1: The postman cheerfully waved at every house on his round.
Example 2: Even after losing the final, the players cheerfully posed for photos.
Example 3: Aarav cheerfully offered to carry Dadi's shopping bags up the stairs.
Fun Fact
Cheer once meant 'face'. It came into English from Old French chiere, and its meaning slowly moved from the face to the mood it shows.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
cheer_u_ly
a) f, i
b) f, l
c) p, l
d) v, l
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b) f, l. Ful has an f, and a second l joins it from ly.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) merily
b) noisyly
c) cheerfully
d) gentley
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c) cheerfully. Noisily changes y to i, gently ends in tly and merrily has a double r.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
cheerfully
a) neatly
b) loudly
c) sadly
d) quickly
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c) sadly. Doing something sadly is the opposite of doing it cheerfully.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lfrcheuyel
a) cheerfluly
b) cheerfully
c) cheeruflly
d) cheerfulyl
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b) cheerfully. Spot cheer first, then use the leftover letters for the ending.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which child is doing a job cheerfully?
a) a girl stamping her feet on the stairs
b) a boy sulking alone in his room
c) a boy grumbling about his homework
d) a girl smiling as she helps clear the table
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d) a girl smiling as she helps clear the table
2. If you do your chores cheerfully, you do them ____.
a) in secret
b) in good spirits
c) very slowly
d) with complaints
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b) in good spirits
