merrier; merriest
1
: full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful
eat, drink, and be merry
2
: marked by festivity or gaiety
a merry holiday time
4
archaic
: giving pleasure : delightful
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Examples of merry in a Sentence
Let's eat, drink, and be merry!
They sang a merry little song.
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Any aware adult knew of the trick and would stop the car, go to the offending hubcap, take it off, dump out the rocks and pebbles, put the hubcap back on, and be on their merry way.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
With villains ranging from all-powerful shapeless beings to merry pranksters of the mind, this is a show that dips its toe in the superhero pool right before delivering the world’s most graceful and enigmatic cannonball.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
In their place stood a well-coiffed, 4-foot-7 pixie with merry eyes and extravagantly rolled r’s (German was her first language, English her fourth) and a girlish screech of a laugh.
—Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
That is because that is when the network, as well as their sister network Hallmark Mystery, become nonstop broadcasters of all things holly, jolly, and merry thanks to Countdown to Christmas.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
With villains ranging from all-powerful shapeless beings to merry pranksters of the mind, this is a show that dips its toe in the superhero pool right before delivering the world’s most graceful and enigmatic cannonball.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
In their place stood a well-coiffed, 4-foot-7 pixie with merry eyes and extravagantly rolled r’s (German was her first language, English her fourth) and a girlish screech of a laugh.
—Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
That is because that is when the network, as well as their sister network Hallmark Mystery, become nonstop broadcasters of all things holly, jolly, and merry thanks to Countdown to Christmas.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
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“Merry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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