merrily

«merrily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a happy, cheerful, jolly way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (merrily)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a happy, cheerful, jolly way. tree →

2) Carelessly, without thinking about trouble, as in «He merrily ignored the warning». tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in songs, carols and stories: «Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.» «Ding dong merrily on high» is a Christmas carol. It tells the reader things are cheerful.

examples

• The fire crackled merrily. tree →
• The children sang merrily in the snow. tree →
• Row, row, row your boat, merrily down the stream. tree →
• The Rat sculled merrily along the river. tree →
• The bells rang merrily on Christmas morning. tree →
• He merrily ate the last cake, not knowing it was mine. tree →
• Then he got into his cart and trotted merrily home. tree →

note

From «merry» + «-ly»: y changes to i: merrily. Opposite: sadly, gloomily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «merrily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.