chirpily en · ADV
Etymology
From chirpy + -ly.
Meanings
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In a chirpy way.
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.
2010 July 16, Brian Viner, “Jenny Meadows: ‘I am happy for Semenya but not all the girls agree’”, in The Independent:From the Malay wayang came ‘Rukun Islam’, sung chirpily by a hoarse female voice.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 108:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most chirpily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more chirpily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |