cheery

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: And the locals are quite proud of their gardens, which make the whole town more cheery in the summer months.

Modifies a noun

• grin: I sought an optimistic forecast from our skipper, who replied, with a cheery grin: ' It's going to be pants!
• greeting: And last, cheery greetings from 2006 to 2005.
• hello: Following a cheery hello from a fellow cyclist going the other way I was soon rolling into the Boat car park.
• smile: His cheery smile on the front page is a real tonic.
• disposition: She has " a cheery disposition, rosy cheeks, no warts, plays games, all sorts " .
• wave: We got a cheery wave from barge control, who were situated in a tied up barge!

Modifying Another Word

• quite: Although confined to a wheelchair, and being in her late seventies, Margot was still quite cheery.
• very: Things seem very cheery, from all accounts, at present.
• so: So cheery and back to the good ol ' Travis sound we all know and love.
• much: On another day, with another referee, they might have bade farewell to the old, gray stadium with a much cheerier wave.
• always: She was always cheery, even early in the morning.
• rather: The violence is all done in a rather cheery way however.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: Two: I'm feeling rather cheery, having cheerfully arranged some entertainment for 4 weeks ' time.
• look: Ivy looks more cheery with colorful clematis growing in it.
• seem: Things seem very cheery, from all accounts, at present.