"We kinda run amuck yesterday afternoon," he confessed cheerfully, "but it sure was fun while it lasted!"

I constantly used the words myself, but I cheerfully confess that I never had any very special idea of what they meant.

"We were hoping someone would tender us an invitation to stay," Idalia confessed cheerfully.

"Of course I do," he confessed cheerfully.

One 57-year-old woman cheerfully confessed that she had lied to her welfare worker about her savings account.

"I'm a financial illiterate," he cheerfully confesses, while eating an onion and cheese sandwich in his office.

Anyway, he cheerfully confessed to being a hypocrite on the subject.

"I do not know her," the author confesses cheerfully.

"I have no chance of getting elected, absolutely none," he cheerfully confessed.

Or, as Roberts cheerfully confesses: 'We have had a good year.