chirpily
English
Etymology
chirpy + -ly
Adverb
chirpily (comparative more chirpily, superlative most chirpily)
- In a chirpy way.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 108:
- From the Malay wayang came ‘Rukun Islam’, sung chirpily by a hoarse female voice.
- 2010, Brian Viner, “Jenny Meadows: ‘I am happy for Semenya but not all the girls agree’,” The Independent, 16 July, 2010,
- Her father's sad passing makes such memories deeply poignant, but Meadows relays them too chirpily for me to embarrass myself by getting moist-eyed.
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