merry
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,792 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,108 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment also: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful when hearts were young and gaya poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
- offering fun and gaiety also: gay, festal, festive a festive (or festal) occasiongay and exciting night life
- quick and energetic also: alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking a brisk walk in the parka lively gait
merry in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Be merry and everything will be all right in the end.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Yes, that merry crew--who had so often roasted him--had been roasted by the Indians!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Johnny, hot and squirming under the merry presidential eye, wondered if they were going to cheer all night.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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My father, so austere and so parsimonious at home, led a merry life elsewhere, spending money without stint.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The poem puts his merry pranks to the front and prepares the way for science to give him a true analysis.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1