chirpily

English

Etymology

chirpy +‎ -ly

Adverb

chirpily (comparative more chirpily, superlative most chirpily)

1. In a chirpy way.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 108:

     From the Malay wayang came ‘Rukun Islam’, sung chirpily by a hoarse female voice.

   • 2010 July 16, Brian Viner, “Jenny Meadows: ‘I am happy for Semenya but not all the girls agree’”, in The Independent:

     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.