Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11968 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cheerefullcheerful

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 1,011 times in 427 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,011 of 1,015)
Reach if approved: ~1,068 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cheerful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,016 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,011 changes in 427 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,011)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is come to thee O my ſoule! that thou art now ſo joyfull and cheerefullcheerful? Once I am ſure thou went'ſt mourning all the day long: is Chriſt as …
With rule
… is come to thee O my ſoule! that thou art now ſo joyfull and cheerefullcheerful? Once I am ſure thou went'ſt mourning all the day long: is Chriſt as …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſtone leſſe precious: ſo the hidden man of the heart is lightſome and cheerefullcheerful when Gods face ſhines upon him, but ſad and dejected when heaven lowres upon …
With rule
… the ſtone leſſe precious: ſo the hidden man of the heart is lightſome and cheerefullcheerful when Gods face ſhines upon him, but ſad and dejected when heaven lowres upon …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the good bloud of holin…sse into her veines, giue her a fresh and cheerefullcheerful look, roses and lillies, (the pride of nature in their colours) make not so …
With rule
… the good bloud of holin…sse into her veines, giue her a fresh and cheerefullcheerful look, roses and lillies, (the pride of nature in their colours) make not so …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… troubles and terrour of perſecutions, hee laboureth to make them bolde, patient, conſtant and cheerefullcheerful in all afflictions and ſufferinges, which they were to paſſe through to come to …
With rule
… troubles and terrour of perſecutions, hee laboureth to make them bolde, patient, conſtant and cheerefullcheerful in all afflictions and ſufferinges, which they were to paſſe through to come to …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neither pray ardently, nor continue long in prayer) ſo faſting maketh him freſh and cheerefullcheerful both in body and ſpirit. Note the moſt ardent & long continued ſupplications in Scripture …
With rule
… neither pray ardently, nor continue long in prayer) ſo faſting maketh him freſh and cheerefullcheerful both in body and ſpirit. Note the moſt ardent & long continued ſupplications in Scripture …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 459 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with his heart, ye shall take my offering. In all thy gifts shew a cheerefullcheerful countenance, saith the Wiseman: in all, whether to God or man. Saint Chrysostome giues …
With rule
… with his heart, ye shall take my offering. In all thy gifts shew a cheerefullcheerful countenance, saith the Wiseman: in all, whether to God or man. Saint Chrysostome giues …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sermons ſcarſe preuaile with one. Surely the cauſe is, men want that ready, that cheerefullcheerful, that forward, that inclinable, that humble diſpoſition, which the good people in thoſe times …
With rule
… Sermons ſcarſe preuaile with one. Surely the cauſe is, men want that ready, that cheerefullcheerful, that forward, that inclinable, that humble diſpoſition, which the good people in thoſe times …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee sugar in their mouthes, and wantonnesse as oile to make them looke with cheerefullcheerful countenance, nevertheles if their harts were disclosed, perhaps their glittering estate would not greatly …
With rule
… bee sugar in their mouthes, and wantonnesse as oile to make them looke with cheerefullcheerful countenance, nevertheles if their harts were disclosed, perhaps their glittering estate would not greatly …
Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Calling of the Jews A00746

Printed
37. CheerefullCheerful obedience. Eſay 66. 7. 8.
With rule
37. CheerefullCheerful obedience. Eſay 66. 7. 8.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

Printed
CheerefullCheerful Obedience, 4. things. 386
With rule
CheerefullCheerful Obedience, 4. things. 386
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
9 CheerefullCheerful, solemne, and ioyfull. 1. Sam. 25, 8. We come in a Good season.
With rule
9 CheerefullCheerful, solemne, and ioyfull. 1. Sam. 25, 8. We come in a Good season.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 200 · Open in the reader