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merry - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'merry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Merry [ n.]
- A kind of wild red cherry.
2 . Merry [ superl.]
- Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
- Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
- Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.

Meaning of 'merry' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . merry [ s]
Meaning (1):
- quick and energetic
Example in sentence:
  • a brisk walk in the park;
  • a lively gait;
  • a merry chase;
  • a snappy pace;
  • a spanking breeze;
  • traveling at a rattling rate
Meaning (2):
- offering fun and gaiety
Example in sentence:
  • a festive (or festal) occasion;
  • a merry evening;
  • gay and exciting night life
Meaning (3):
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Example in sentence:
  • a jovial old gentleman;
  • a mirthful laugh;
  • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company;
  • have a merry Christmas;
  • jolly old Saint Nick;
  • peals of merry laughter;
  • the jolly crowd at the reunion;
  • when hearts were young and gay

Nearby Words:

meracious mercable mercantile mercaptal mercaptan mercaptide mercat mercatante mercator's chart mercature

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