- 1happy, and showing it by the way that you behave You're not your usual cheerful self today. He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy. You're in a cheerful mood. a cheerful, hardworking employee a cheerful smile/voice
- 2giving you a feeling of happiness a bright, cheerful restaurant walls painted in cheerful (= light and bright) colors a chatty, cheerful letter
NAmE//ˈtʃɪrfəli//
adverb noun [uncountable]See cheerful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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