But the playwright and his characters seem rather cheerfully accepting of this state of things.

I may technically be senior to you, but I will cheerfully accept your authority.

Or does he cheerfully accept these discomforts as a matter of course?

The other was a small, dumpy woman, the sort you'd cheerfully accept an apple pie from.

Qudsi cheerfully accepted the correction and appreciated the boy's wit.

Though the man no longer recognizes Oliver, he cheerfully accepts the friendly offerings.

She cheerfully accepts that, soon, life won't be her own.

The idea that the virtuous poor should cheerfully accept their lot as part of God's mysterious plan...

After some time of dating, he proposes to her on a rowboat, who then cheerfully accepts it.

James cheerfully accepts that he cannot flee from his father's legend.