MERRILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merrily mean? 

• MERRILY (adverb)
  The adverb MERRILY has 1 sense:

1. in a joyous manner

  Familiarity information: MERRILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERRILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a joyous manner

Synonyms:

blithely; gayly; happily; jubilantly; merrily; mirthfully

Context example:

they shouted happily

Pertainym:

merry (offering fun and gaiety)

 Context examples 

Long ere Alleyne was out of sound of the Beaulieu bells he was striding sturdily along, swinging his staff and whistling as merrily as the birds in the thicket.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And round about the wheel went merrily; the work was quickly done, and the straw was all spun into gold.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“I’ll show you round,” said Jim, merrily; and, pushing the door open, he led the way into the hall.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin laughed merrily, but it was with an effort.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His bright glance went merrily round the room, as he took the seat on the sofa opposite to me, which Mrs. Micawber had recently vacated, and stirred the fire into a blaze.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Don't trouble yourself to answer—I see you laugh rarely; but you can laugh very merrily: believe me, you are not naturally austere, any more than I am naturally vicious.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They all drank it merrily, and began the experiment by lounging for the rest of the day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was no more shooting, though the rifles were still cracking merrily from the other boats.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The whips snapped, the bells tinkled merrily, the sleds churned along the trail; but Buck knew, and every dog knew, what had taken place behind the belt of river trees.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)