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Meanings of
merrily
in English
Portuguese
contentemente
Back to the meaning
In a joyous manner.
happily
gayly
blithely
jubilantly
mirthfully
with happiness
unhappily
Portuguese
contentemente
In a cheerful or merry manner.
cheerfully
gaily
Synonyms
Examples for "
happily
"
happily
gayly
blithely
jubilantly
mirthfully
Examples for "
happily
"
1
We're not far away and, for now, we'll
happily
take second place.
2
This princess with the
happily
-
ever
-
after
is so far removed from her reality.
3
You could actually roll this part out and use it quite
happily
.
4
He thought about her proposal for a moment, and then
happily
agreed.
5
He added: The interesting thing is: can Sky survive
happily
without Fox?
1
We all heard her laughing
gayly
among the ladies in the hall.
2
The vessel was coming
gayly
up the river flying the new flag.
3
She waved her cigarette and cried
gayly
in her hearty resonant voice:
4
Kneeling
gayly
down, we piled the wood in the deep, wide chimney.
5
And they fell in
gayly
with her whimsy and called her T.O.
1
Then he skipped
blithely
across the garden thrumming the guitar and singing:
2
With clear eyes he gazed keenly and
blithely
at the new life.
3
A blackbird had come into the tree and was singing
blithely
there.
4
Asakawa regretted that both he and Ryuji had so
blithely
come here.
5
The gods never repaired more
blithely
to a Bacchanalian revel on Parnassus.
1
The river was racing
jubilantly
through the greenwoods, to the distant sea.
2
The range-land will never get rid of me now, he cried
jubilantly
.
3
He emerged some time later
jubilantly
staggering with basket and hands full.
4
It was a humble beginning, but he whistled
jubilantly
as he worked.
5
His elation increased with each barren washing, until he arose, exclaiming
jubilantly
:
1
Therefore shaking Danusia's gloves, he began to shout, half
mirthfully
,
half angrily:
2
Bidwell said
mirthfully
,
also in an effort to take control of this conversation.
3
I looked at the speaker, who was smiling
mirthfully
to himself.
4
And the roofs, do they ring as
mirthfully
,
though our voice be forgotten.
5
Laurel, who stood on the baseline at Nisha's side, laughed
mirthfully
.
1
I just know it this time, Ginger said, practically glowing
with
happiness
.
2
The china shepherdess blushed
with
happiness
,
but instantly she shook her head.
3
The key and padlock idea was rejected as a compromise
with
happiness
.
4
Her head dropped back on her throat; she grew weak
with
happiness
.
5
During the auto rickshaw ride back home, Sowmya was flushed
with
happiness
.
Usage of
merrily
in English
1
The drums in the finishing-shop hummed
merrily
their lively song of labor.
2
Some were smoking; some chatting
merrily
together; some sitting in dreamy languor.
3
The young man laughed
merrily
,
as if this were a strange question.
4
The peas danced
merrily
against the sides of an old-fashioned china bowl.
5
Forward in the engine room the gas motors were soon moving
merrily
.
6
We were bowling
merrily
along the country lanes in the fragrant air.
7
The time passed
merrily
in skating, sleighing, and in other manly sports.
8
She stopped and reflected a moment; then she laughed
merrily
and exclaimed:
9
And the rickety gig rattled
merrily
off in search of broken bones.
10
Things went
merrily
at the palace for the rest of the day.
11
The sleigh-bells tinkled
merrily
as the horse trotted smartly down the road.
12
He called again; some sleigh-bells jingled
merrily
,
and then the pines moaned.
13
While your government sits
merrily
sucking up billions of rands in corruption.
14
The girls laughed
merrily
at this anticipated lordship; but Letty said presently-
15
Everybody was in the best of spirits, and things went ahead
merrily
.
16
A much smaller additional vessel would be useful; and he
merrily
says:-
Other examples for "merrily"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
merrily
Adverb
Frequent collocations
laugh merrily
go merrily
say merrily
whistle merrily
dance merrily
More collocations
Translations for
merrily
Portuguese
contentemente
felizmente
alegremente
Merrily
through the time
Merrily
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common