Cheerily and Plaintively

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Cheerily adverb - In a cheerful or happy manner.

Usage example: waving cheerily as they drove off

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Plaintively is an antonym for cheerily.

Nearby Words: cheer, cheerful, cheery, cheerfully

Plaintively adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.

Usage example: the man sighed plaintively as it became clear that he was getting nowhere with the officious bureacrat

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Cheerily is an antonym for plaintively.

Nearby Words: plaintive, plaint

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