Meaning of Cheerfulness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state of being cheerful; joy.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse.”

“The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.”

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