adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a cheering manner; so as to cheer one.

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1804.  Charleston Courier, 2 July, 1/1. A day when the light of heaven shines cheeringly upon them.

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1829.  Blackw. Mag., XXVI. 172. Speaking cheeringly, to those who are struggling upwards.

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1836.  W. Irving, Astoria, II. 239. The sun … shone cheeringly upon them.

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1876.  Bancroft, Hist. U.S., I. ix. 274. To his father … Winthrop … wrote cheeringly.

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