Cheerily and Dolefully

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Cheerily adverb - In a cheerful or happy manner.

Usage example: waving cheerily as they drove off

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Dolefully is an antonym for cheerily.

Nearby Words: cheer, cheerful, cheery, cheerfully

Dolefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.

Usage example: the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house

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Cheerily is an antonym for dolefully.

Nearby Word: doleful

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Dolefully and Cheerily. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheerily/dolefully

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