cheery

From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹi/
• (US, mirror–nearer merger) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi/

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• (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪɚi/, /ˈt͡ʃiɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiɹɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃiɹe/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹi

cheery (comparative cheerier, superlative cheeriest)

1. In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222:

     The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.

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