merrily
adv/ˈmɛɹɪli/
Etymology From Middle English myriely, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry + -ly.
1
In a cheerful or merry way.
- go merrily along
- sing merrily
4 more examples
- laugh merrily
- The children sang merrily as they walked home.
- She chatted merrily despite the rain.
- So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent, But merrily with the world it went, VVhen men eat berries of the hauthorne tree, […] And old men knew not vſurie: Now tis come to a wofull paſſe, […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I: