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Cheery; gay; merry. The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. -- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.

Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matiSir W. Scott.

Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak.

dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. Philips.

ss and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. Shak. Brick toil alternating with ready ease. Wordworth.

Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly, adv.

Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame." Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns.

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

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To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]

To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

One who chirps, or is cheerful.

Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.

Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.