Obs. [f. CHEERLY a. + -NESS.] The state of being cheerly; cheeriness.
1571. Golding, Calvin on Ps. xxxi. 14. Hee pyned away for greefe & was bereft of all cheerlyness.
1622. Peacham, Compl. Gentl. (1634), 224. The stranger or guest will take more content in the cheerelinesse of your countenance, then in your meate.
