merrier; merriest
1
: full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful
eat, drink, and be merry
2
: marked by festivity or gaiety
a merry holiday time
4
archaic
: giving pleasure : delightful
Examples of merry in a Sentence
Let's eat, drink, and be merry!
They sang a merry little song.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Five picks later, and Terrance Ferguson might’ve stuck back in Denver, and had a merry reunion with Bo Nix as the Broncos’ matchup-nightmare tight end of the future.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
Simplified spelling was now a national joke—the kooky obsession of an overzealous president and his merry band of misspellers.
—Gabe Henry, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
Sister Mary Guadalupe wears rimless glasses, and her eyes are shaped like a merry jack-o’-lantern’s, flat on the bottom with semicircles on top.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for merry
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“Merry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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