as in jolly
indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor
the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry, twinkling blue eyes
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Recent Examples of merry
The more, the merrier These systems work best, though, when everyone participates.
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Aneeka Chaudhry, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Instead, they are pressured into becoming guests of the castle's owner, a transvestite mad scientist called Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), and his merry bad of misfits.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
The Lower East Side location is now home to Comal—a new, eclectic Mexican restaurant from chef Gaz Herbert, a Cuernavaca native—and the same downtown crowd seems to have found its merry way there.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
History doesn’t record whether this plea was met with a merry hail of fat envelopes or with silence.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
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Aneeka Chaudhry, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Instead, they are pressured into becoming guests of the castle's owner, a transvestite mad scientist called Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), and his merry bad of misfits.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
The Lower East Side location is now home to Comal—a new, eclectic Mexican restaurant from chef Gaz Herbert, a Cuernavaca native—and the same downtown crowd seems to have found its merry way there.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
History doesn’t record whether this plea was met with a merry hail of fat envelopes or with silence.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merry
Adjective
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Lily Mathé, one of the orchestra’s best violinists, vividly remembered being made to play jolly tunes in the SS officers’ mess at Auschwitz every evening while the guards ate their dinner.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of its usual jolly cartoons, the channel began broadcasting footage of Russian military parades accompanied by music of the Russian nationalist singer Oleg Gazmanov.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With less than 100 days to go until Christmas, Miracle and Sippin' Santa announced their festive return to Louisville.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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The backdrop this year is a festive workshop and the set encourages building and creative play.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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For cheerful blooms that will bloom in the fall, then add color to your garden again the next summer, plant coreopsis, a hardy perennial that comes in a range of vibrant hues.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Becky is perky and cheerful to the point of being obnoxious, which sometimes irks Robin.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Merry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merry. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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