merrily

CEFRA2

/ˈmɛɹɪli/

adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    In a happy, cheerful, or lively way.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    In a cheerful or merry way.

Examples

  • Many little red birds always sing merrily in the trees.

  • Singing merrily, they started for home.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • go merrily along

  • laugh merrily

  • sing merrily

Synonyms

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Because the parade was so joyful, the happy crowd waved blank at the passing floats.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English myriely, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry + -ly.