cheery

Etymology

From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer + -y.

adj

  1. In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
    The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome. 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222

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