merry

«merry» in Mova's school dictionary: happy, cheerful and full of fun — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (merry, merrier, merriest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun. tree →

2) (UK, informal) Merry means a little drunk. tree →

3) Merry is used in greetings like "Merry Christmas!" tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and songs: merry men, a merry dance. In festivals: Merry Christmas. Phrases: Merry Christmas, make merry, the more the merrier, merry-go-round, lead someone a merry dance.

examples

• Merry Christmas, everyone! tree →
• Robin Hood and his merry men lived in the forest. tree →
• Come along — the more the merrier! tree →
• We rode on the merry-go-round at the fair. tree →
• The guests were merry after the party. tree →
• They sang a merry song. tree →
• It was a merry hunting party. tree →

note

Comparatives: merrier, merriest. Noun: merriment. Do not confuse with "marry" (to wed) or "Mary". "The more the merrier" means more people make it more fun.

In the corpora

• "Merry" in Britain means slightly drunk.
• And they drank, and were merry with him.
• Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
• The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Trees and pragmatics

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