Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheerfully

/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: cheer-ful-ly
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cheerful manner.

Example Sentences

"That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]"
"'Well, what have you done this time?' asked Sebastian cheerfully."

Etymology

From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: cherefully

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/
British English: /ˈtʃɪəfəli/

Inflected Forms

more cheerfully (comparative) most cheerfully (superlative)

Synonyms

cheerily cheerly blessedly bubblingly chearfully cheerfully eudaemonically eupeptically gaily gayly genially gladly

Rhymes With

tearfully

Questions

How do you pronounce cheerfully?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/.
What does cheerfully mean?: In a cheerful manner.
Where does cheerfully come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce cheerfully

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