Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #210 of 1319

cheerful (adj.)

happy and optimistic

Examples

  • A cheerful smile.

Key rules

  • Cheerful means happy and optimistic
  • Cheerful people, a cheerful smile
  • Cheerfully is the adverb

Common mistakes

  • She smiled cheer → She smiled cheerfully
  • He is cheerfulness → He is cheerful

Use cases

  • Describing people's mood
  • Describing a smile
  • Describing a morning
💡 Tip: Cheerful is positive; merry is more old-fashioned.
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