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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Our gift to you: have yourself a merry little moment with giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
The American musical before 1927 had been light stuff—part operetta, part revue—a merry playground for sparklers like George M. Cohan and Cole Porter.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
And yet a half-century later, producer Lorne Michaels and his merry maniacs are still at it.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
There were fewer jingling cash registers, but record spending levels kept the holidays merry for businesses.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
The American musical before 1927 had been light stuff—part operetta, part revue—a merry playground for sparklers like George M. Cohan and Cole Porter.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
And yet a half-century later, producer Lorne Michaels and his merry maniacs are still at it.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
There were fewer jingling cash registers, but record spending levels kept the holidays merry for businesses.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for merry
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“Merry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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