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cheerful

/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfl̩/ adjective B1
  1. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  2. Bright and pleasant. · They enjoyed a cheerful room.

Comparative cheerfuler · Superlative cheerfulest

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The kitchen at Green Gables was a cheerful apartment--or would have been cheerful if it had not been so painfully clean as to give it something of the appearance of an unused parlor.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 4 · C1
Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 40 · C1
But I’m glad it’s not rainy today because it’s easier to be cheerful and bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 41 · C1
Far up in the shadows a cheerful light gleamed out through the trees from the kitchen at Green Gables.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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