Cheerful, informally

Usage examples of chirpy.

What with one thing and another, I can't remember ever having been chirpier than at about this period in my career.

It had recently been sold to a mug up Liverpool way, and I have never seen Uncle Tom look chirpier than when the deal went through, he for those four years having had to foot the bills.

And even the chirpiest grandpups wouldn't sport playfully with him in the dewy grass, since they knew that even when Dazzle pretended to be fun-loving, he was almost always nursing yet another endless lecture on one of his favorite topics, such as "Why Dogs Shouldn't Eat Their Own Vomit," or "How Will Humans Ever Respect Dogs If Dogs Never Respect Themselves?

For some odd reason Cecil, a diminutive, shrewd, and chirpy little Cockney sparrow was invariably known as the Duke, probably because it was so wildly unsuitable.

Temporarily bereft of his quick wit and chirpy humour, the Duke was a very woebegone Cockney sparrow indeed.

I had been talking to them in their own chirpy language, of which, I could have sworn, I had never known a single word.

These present Docs were never still, as they worked around the compound, chattering back and forth in their high, chirpy voices.

Mason attempting to be chirpy is less easy to bear than Mason in blackest Melancholy, "ev'ryone knew it, as ev'ryone knew that Bliss would come on only as Caretaker, for he as well was old, and ailing, yet there should be time enough left him, for each Aspirant to make his interest as he might" "Why aye, and yet you always knew he cultivated " 'Cultivated,' poh.

I meant so fucking chirpy all the time, good chap, good chap," stumbling out of the Tent trying to get his Hair into some kind of Queue.

But when he surfaced, he started to think about them lying in his kitchen on their chirpy yellow plate.

She chugged and dodged through bad-tempered traffic and tried to block out the irritatingly chirpy sky blimp shouting about the new spring fashions on sale at Bloomingdale's.

What do you know about it with your big, sprawling, happy, Free-Ager family where everybody gathers around the dinner table with clean faces and chirpy news of the day.

The forest of goods, the wide and winding trails that led to them, and the chirpy voices announcing the sales and specials caused Eve's already abused stomach to execute a slow, anxious roll.

The local weather forecast, delivered by a woman so chirpy Sweeney felt like smacking her, had told her the day would be beautiful, with highs in the mid-seventies.

Not trusting the chirpy weather lady who said the temperature was a pleasant sixty-four degrees, she pulled on a denim jacket and hit the street.