Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merrily

/ˈmɛɹɪli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: mer-ri-ly
IPA: /ˈmɛɹɪli/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cheerful or merry way.

Example Sentences

"go merrily along"
"sing merrily"
"laugh merrily"
"The children sang merrily as they walked home."
"She chatted merrily despite the rain."
"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, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English myriely, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: myriely, myriġlīċe
Suffix: merry

Inflected Forms

more merrily (comparative) most merrily (superlative)

Synonyms

joyously mirthfully blessedly bubblingly chearfully cheerfully cheerily cheerly eudaemonically eupeptically gaily gayly

Rhymes With

necessarily primarily temporarily voluntarily extraordinarily ordinarily momentarily militarily customarily secondarily warily wearily

Questions

How do you pronounce merrily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛɹɪli/.
What does merrily mean?: In a cheerful or merry way.
Where does merrily come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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