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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#m1)

2) (UK, informal) Merry means a little drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#m2)

3) Merry is used in greetings like "Merry Christmas!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x1)
- Robin Hood and his merry men lived in the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x2)
- Come along — the more the merrier! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x3)
- We rode on the merry-go-round at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x4)
- The guests were merry after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x5)
- They sang a merry song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x6)
- It was a merry hunting party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/18/)
- [And they drank, and were merry with him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1437/)
- [Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.156/)
- [The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.493/)
- [A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.423/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «merry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.