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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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... proud station in the van. We now passed vessel after vessel, each with a different quantity of canvas set, according to her powers of sailing. It was altogether a glorious sight, and to my feelings, excelled in quiet and cheerful sublimity any review, however splendid might be the troops, or imposing their numbers. Then the breeze came so freshly and kissingly on my cheek, whispering such pleasant things to my excited fancy, and invigorating ...

— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

... companion tells me it is midnight. The fire glows brightly, crackling with a sharp and cheerful sound, as if it loved to burn. The merry cricket on the hearth (my constant visitor), this ruddy blaze, my clock, and I, seem to share the world among us, and to be the only things awake. The wind, high and boisterous but now, has died away and hoarsely mutters in its sleep. I love all times ...

— Master Humphrey's Clock • Charles Dickens

... tried to do was to give the little brute a cheerful expression. But, as it worked out, he ...

— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse

... uninteresting. She found that she had immediately to put in practice one of the lessons she had learned—that the service of God is the service of those among whom he has sent us. She tried therefore to be cheerful, and even to forestall her mother's wishes. But life was harder than hitherto—so much more was ...

— What's Mine's Mine • George MacDonald

... term expires, may be reengaged by his master as a hired journeyman, or helped to find permanent employ elsewhere. These paternal and filial relations between employer and employed have helped to make life pleasant and labour cheerful; and the quality of all industrial production must ...

— Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation • Lafcadio Hearn

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