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# cheery

adjective (cheery, cheerier, cheeriest)

«cheery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Happy and friendly in a bright, lively way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#m1)
2. Making you feel happy, bright and pleasant (a cheery room, a cheery colour). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it describes friendly characters, voices and greetings — «a cheery wave». It also describes bright places and colours. It tells the reader the mood is light and happy. Phrases: «a cheery hello», «a cheery smile», «cheery news».

### Examples

- The bus driver gave us a cheery wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x1)
- She has a cheery smile every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x2)
- Yellow curtains made the kitchen look cheery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x3)
- "Good morning!" he said in a cheery voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x4)
- We sang a cheery song on the long car journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x5)
- Despite the rain, everyone stayed cheery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x6)
- The card had a cheery picture of a sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x7)
- And now the old couple had plenty of money and were cheery and comfortable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/#x8)

### Note

Comparative cheerier, superlative cheeriest. Adverb: cheerily. «Cheery» and «cheerful» mean nearly the same; «cheery» often describes a quick greeting or look.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cheery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cheery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheery.html) on Mova free.