chirrupy adj.
cheerful.
letter 23 Jan. in Beattie Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell II (1849) 136: I cannot close my letter without telling you to laugh at all my doledrum of yesterday. I have been quite chirrupy to-day! | ||
Edinburgh Lit. Jrnl 29 Oct. 257: ‘The Old Bachelor,’ who has just returned from a summer's sojourn in the Isle of Sky, got chirrupy and cheerful over his glass last nigh. | ||
Pamphlets — Homepathic 14 217: The Frenchwoman may bestow a surplus of affection on a lap-dog or a kitten, a tan-colored terrier, or a chirrupy companion with his inevitable cigarette. | ||
My Time 8: A chirrupy stereotyped smile, on his otherwise peculiarly inexpressive lips. | ||
Christian World 25 Dec. 995/1: A chirrupy, garrulous old age [OED]. | ||
Gentleman from Indiana 334: You look more chirrupy than you have for several days. |