You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being cheerful and pleasant.    From LearnThat.org.  [Charles Buxton (1823-1871).]

Her cheerful nature.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Someone was about to laugh, but the captain snapped: This is what I call a cheerful state of affairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories] Reference

Hope you would have enjoyed your long break in cheerful way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chunda] Reference

Low bunks that ran the the full length, upholstered in cheerful green, served as seats.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roamer Cruise] Reference

It is when alone that we obtain cheerful calmness and content, and prepare for the hour of action.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference

The brothers cherish memories of the home where Bess resides in cheerful domesticityreading this very letter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colonial Correspondence: The Letters of George Bogle from Bengal, Bhutan and Tibet, 1770-81] Reference

"Come in, Prince Elric," called a cheerful young voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreamthief's Daughter]

It wasn't exactly what one would call a cheerful wedding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clover] Reference

If ever a graveyard could be called a cheerful place, the old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow Valley] Reference

"Hello, everybody, are you dry yet?" called a cheerful voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party] Reference

She did the same by calling a cheerful "Hullo?" into the barn.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Presence of the Enemy]

"If you don't feel like being cheerful, that is a good thing.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

"Come," called a cheerful voice, in answer to her energetic rapping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference

"If you feel like being cheerful, that is a good thing," said Smith.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

Man found dead outside Snipes school described as cheerful, hard working.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from Wilmington Star News] Reference

I will be as tough as I need to be, walk for as long as I can, and remain cheerful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perspectives: A Girl's Guide] Reference

Kilmeny emerged from the shaft-house and called a cheerful good-morning across to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Highgrader] Reference

Pursing his lips, he casts back into his memories, trying to recall a cheerful melody.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Towers of the Sunset]

I felt as if I could not speak a cheerful or sincere word to any one: it was just as if.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysterious Portrait] Reference

"Let's hope that's still a long way off," Vanessa replied, trying her best to remain cheerful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bound for Mexico, a short story] Reference

I want to be known as a cheerful, positive author who is easy to work with and takes direction well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Ann Aguirre, Part 2] Reference

And must a painful remembrance come to interrupt a recital which ought to recall cheerful ideas only?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paris as It Was and as It Is] Reference

She knows who I am when I call, though, and she's fairly cheerful, which is a nice contrast with Dad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slow-Moving Week] Reference

Swiftwater Pete passed behind him on his way to the stable and called a cheerful good-morning in his direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North] Reference

Pretty baking cups in cheerful spring colors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

And the demon laughed with a kind of cheerful howl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Stories Vol 1]

Her name is Hilary which means 'cheerful', believe it or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [\"Get out, NOW!!\"] Reference

Were you saying the Knight and Asimov stories were "cheerful"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: Open thread 135] Reference

He was just a conservative who put forward a kind of cheerful face.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2004] Reference

He manages to be always cheerful which is one reason we all love him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow Side of Progress] Reference

I knew the word meant "cheerful," which seemed incongruous to a degree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

I share them with you today as a kind of cheerful present that honors food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holy Tortilla!] Reference

"Yellow's so kind of cheerful -- like sunshine or gold -- I always liked dandelions only they're such a pest.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicken Little Jane] Reference

Marie's heavy face lighted up with a kind of cheerful surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Girl in Old Quebec] Reference

'Come now, ma am,' said Dixon, with a kind of cheerful authority.    From Wordnik.com.  [North and South] Reference

She grumbled to colleagues that she was overwhelmed, but she appeared "cheerful" to many.    From Wordnik.com.  [timesunion.com: Siena Women's Basketball] Reference

If it must go, it must; but as to giving it up "cheerful," that she could never, never do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes] Reference

Did you notice the 'still' the major's got on? "called the cheerful voice of Marty, her cousin.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Janice Day Won] Reference