merrily
pronunciation
How to pronounce merrily in British English:
UK [ˈmerəli]
How to pronounce merrily in American English:
US [ˈmerəli]
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- Adverb:
- in a joyous manner
Word Origin
- merrily (adv.)
- Old English myriglice "pleasantly, melodiously;" see merry + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. They talk merrily for a few minutes .
- 2. The holiday season is starting off less than merrily for hollywood .
- 3. In our cars , gps may guide us quite merrily from one country to another , and we may arrive at our destination without any idea of how we got there .
- 4. What that famously experimental restaurant taught him , he said , was that rules could be tossed merrily out the window .
- 5. If asia , particularly china , thinks that it can simply wait for the west to recover before merrily recommencing its export-dependent growth strategy , it is kidding itself , he argues .