[ US /ˈmɛɹi/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. offering fun and gaiety
    gay and exciting night life
    a festive (or festal) occasion
    a merry evening
  2. full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    when hearts were young and gay
    jolly old Saint Nick
    have a merry Christmas
    peals of merry laughter
    a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
    the jolly crowd at the reunion
    a mirthful laugh
    a jovial old gentleman
  3. quick and energetic
    a merry chase
    a spanking breeze
    a lively gait
    traveling at a rattling rate
    a brisk walk in the park
    a snappy pace
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How To Use merry In A Sentence

  • The old, merry Whiting looked sideways at Richard, then the round face assumed an expression of diffident humility for Mr. Hanks. Morgan’s Run
  • The school awarded Merry a prize .
  • A Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
  • The company says it “would be elated to have a personable, motivated self-starter such as yourself join our team of merry pornstars.” Will Ferrell First Guest On “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
  • Then we played some games: we threw bean bags into targets for prizes and ran relays, spun hula hoops and played tic-tac-toe, fulfilling the mitzvah of laughing and being merry on Sukkot. GLBT Families Come OUT to Decorate the Sukkah With GLOE « The Blog at 16th and Q
  • And then we were so merry all the way home! Pride and Prejudice
  • Carlo lit a cigarette, and wishing the old woman a merry "addio" left and descended the stairs. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
  • So, have fun eating, drinking and being merry whether it's by a roaring fire or a slightly less picturesque roaring radiator.
  • Do but assure me that I shall find you almost as merry as my Lady Anne Wentworth is always, and nothing shall fright me from my purpose of seeing you as soon as I can with any conveniency. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
  • Ah, what a world entire was this lost little hamlet of Paradise, where merrymakers trod on the mourners 'heels, where the scream of the biniou drowned the floating note of the passing bell, where Misery drew the curtains of her bed and lay sleepless, listening to Gayety dancing breathless to the patter of a coquette's wooden shoes! The Maids of Paradise
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