[f. CHEERY a. + -NESS.] Cheery quality or condition, lively gladsomeness.
1819. Felix Farley’s Bristol Jrnl., 25 Sept., 4/1. The cheeriness of the atmosphere.
1864. in Webster.
1876. Miss Braddon, J. Haggard’s Dau., II. 96. ‘What have you two girls been talking about?’… asked Joshua, with an attempt at cheeriness.
1877. Morley, Crit. Misc., III. 98. The cordial cheeriness of Scott’s letters.
1879. D. J. Hill, Bryant, 203. He fills the mind with the breezy cheeriness of spring-time.
