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- Dictionarymer·ry/ˈmerē/
adjective
- 1. cheerful and lively: "the narrow streets were dense with merry throngs of students" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of MERRY is full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful. How to use merry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Merry.
MERRY definition: 1. happy or showing enjoyment: 2. UK polite word for slightly drunk: 3. happy or showing…. Learn more.
Merry definition: full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit. See examples of MERRY used in a sentence.
To be merry is to be happy, especially in a fun, festive way. Parties and celebrations are merry, and so are the fun people who attend them. This old fashioned word for “happy” is popular in December when people say, “Merry Christmas.”
Pleasant or amusing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Festive and full of fun and laughter. Everyone was merry at the party. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (2) Synonyms: festal. festive. gay. mirthful.
1. Full of cheerfulness, liveliness, and good feelings: merry revelers. 2. Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive: a merry evening. 3. Brisk: a merry pace. 4. Archaic Delightful or pleasing. [Middle English merri, from Old English mirige, pleasant; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots .] mer′ri·ly adv. mer′ri·ness n.
(British English, informal) to cause somebody a lot of trouble or worry. make merry. (old-fashioned) to enjoy yourself by singing, laughing, drinking, etc. the more the merrier. (saying) the more people or things there are, the better the situation will be or the more fun people will have.
1. adjective. If you describe someone's character or behaviour as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful. [old-fashioned] He was much loved for his merry nature. From the house come the bursts of merry laughter. Merry black eyes glinted at them. Synonyms: cheerful, happy, upbeat [informal], carefree More Synonyms of merry.
If you describe someone's character or behavior as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful.
merry meaning, definition, what is merry: happy: Learn more.
