merry
/ˈmɛɹi/ adjective A1- Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
- Festive and full of fun and laughter. · Everyone was merry at the party.
- Brisk. · The play moved along at a merry pace.· The car moved at a merry clip.
- Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight. · a merry jest
- Drunk; tipsy.
Comparative merrier · Superlative merriest
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Merry with singing.
She was pretty in a refined way; and her eye was both merry and kind.
He felt as he had once felt in his rash youth when another boy had enticed him on the merry-go-round at a picnic.
She was a very pretty little girl, with her mother’s black eyes and hair, and rosy cheeks, and the merry expression which was her inheritance from her father.
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