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Cheerful

adjective

Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits. "A cheerful greeting" , "A cheerful room" , "As cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic. Synonyms: pollyannaish, upbeat.

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"Cheerful" Quotes from Famous Books

... into which she had entered was gay and cheerful-looking with its dainty chintz hangings and graceful, elegant pieces of furniture. The young girl looked up, as a kindly voice said to her, from out the depths of a ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... cheerful again, after a while. Affairs in Mrs. Polly's house were much brighter for her, in some ways, than they had ...

— The Adventures of Ann - Stories of Colonial Times • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... felt discouraged on our return to the city, the morning following our exciting adventure at the mysterious house in the Ramapo valley, Garrick, who never let anything ruffle him long, seemed quite cheerful. ...

— Guy Garrick • Arthur B. Reeve

... of my friends' houses had been hit. My children, too, were strangely fearless. They seemed to think it an exciting adventure to be here in the great cellar, making picnic meals by the light of a dim lamp. My little boy amused himself by playing canes (hop-scotch), and my daughter was very cheerful. Still, after a little while we suffered. I had forgotten to bring down water or wine, and we also craved for something more comforting than cold sardines. In spite of the noise of houses falling into ruins—and at any moment mine might fall above my head—I went upstairs and ...

— The Soul of the War • Philip Gibbs

... from the above specimens, taken at random from a heap of others, that I utterly deprecate panic. "Never cut losses" is the wholesome and cheerful advice I give all my clients. There cannot be a doubt about it being thoroughly sound; for it stands to reason if no one were to sell out, no securities would ever fall. So, to nine out of ten who ask my advice I invariably say, "Hold." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. • Various

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