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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English cherefulnes; equivalent to cheerful + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
cheerfulness (usually uncountable, plural cheerfulnesses)
- The state of being cheerful; joy.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Romans 12:8:Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 16:The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.
Translations
the state of being cheerful; joy