merrily

English

Etymology

From Middle English merily, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry +‎ -ly.

Adverb

merrily (comparative more merrily, superlative most merrily)

1. In a cheerful or merry way.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 17:

     Ariell:

     Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I,

     In a Cowslips bell, I lie,

     There I cowch when Owles doe crie,

     On the Batts backe I doe flie

       after Sommer merrily.

     Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now

     Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.

Translations

in a cheerful or merry manner

• French: gaiement (fr)
• German: fröhlich (de), lustig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱλαρῶς (hilarôs)

• Italian: allegramente (it)
• Polish: wesoło (pl)
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• Romanian: voios (ro), cu bucurie, cu veselie
• Russian: ве́село (ru) (véselo)
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅselo (sh), ве̏село
• Turkish: neşeli (tr)