cheerfully
part of speech
adverb (cheerfully)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a happy, bright and friendly way. tree →
2) Willingly, without complaining, as in «she cheerfully helped». tree →
3) Without caring or noticing a problem, as in «he cheerfully ignored the rules». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it tells the reader that a character is in a good mood or happy to help. In PSHE lessons, doing jobs cheerfully is shown as a kind attitude. Phrases: «cheerfully agreed», «whistled cheerfully».
examples
- She cheerfully said good morning to everyone. tree →
- He whistled cheerfully as he walked to school. tree →
- The children cheerfully tidied the classroom. tree →
- Grandpa waved cheerfully from the window. tree →
- The sun shone cheerfully on the garden. tree →
- He cheerfully ignored the «Keep Off the Grass» sign. tree →
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. tree →
note
Adverb from «cheerful» + -ly: two l's (cheer-ful-ly). Opposites: gloomily, grumpily, sadly.
In the corpora
- For an hour or more he searches the whole wood, calling cheerfully, «Moly, Moly, Moly!
- He searched «the whole ground, and all the time calling out cheerfully, "Moly, Moly, Moly!
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cheerfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.