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English
Etymology
From Middle English merily, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɹɪli/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ri‧ly
Adverb
merrily (comparative more merrily, superlative most merrily)
- In a cheerful or merry way.
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw , Act I:So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent,
But merrily with the world it went,
VVhen men eat berries of the hauthorne tree, […]
And old men knew not vſurie:
Now tis come to a wofull paſſe, […]
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 17:Ariell:
Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I,
In a Cowslips bell, I lie,
There I cowch when Owles doe crie,
On the Batts backe I doe flie
after Sommer merrily.
Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now
Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.
1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 50:Then Heidi would sit down and chatter merrily away.
Translations
in a cheerful or merry manner