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adjective
- 1. cheerful and lively: "the 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.
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.”
Definition of merry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'merry' merry. (meri ) Word forms: merrier , merriest. 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.
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.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective merry mean? There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective merry, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
If you describe someone's character or behaviour as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful. [old-fashioned] [...] 2. A merry sound or sight makes you feel cheerful. [old-fashioned] [...] 3. If you get merry, you get slightly drunk. [British, informal] [...] More. Synonyms of 'merry' • cheerful, happy, upbeat (informal) [...]
MERRY meaning: 1 : very happy and cheerful feeling or showing joy and happiness; 2 : causing joy and happiness
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.
