merrily

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So, as they would be ample for Solon and me, I instantly plucked them, and kindling a fire, in ten minutes I had them on spits roasting away merrily--merrily, at least, as far as Solon and I were concerned, though, perhaps, the poor birds would have had a different opinion on the matter.

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  1. In a merry, cheerful, or glad manner; with mirth and jollity.

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  • They are that white, Miss Molly, that no one could be found fault with for comparing them to the dribbling snow A truly delightful simile," exclaims Molly, merrily, and forthwith follows Cecil to conquest They find the drawing-rooms still rather empty. —  Molly Bawn
  • It blazed up merrily, and just as the smoke began to rise, the wheels of a buggy were heard along the road. —  The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men
  • The birds sang merrily, and nothing else sounded at all; it was very Sabbath stillness. —  The Carpenter's Daughter
  • The contest went on merrily, and at the conclusion it was found that Andy had scored ten points; Randy, twelve; Jack, eighteen; and Fred, nineteen. —  The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets
  • She greeted him merrily, and as he started down the avenue he was followed by a rippling laugh and a shower of roses, one of which he caught and fastened in his buttonhole, but on looking back over his shoulder she had vanished, and only Duke was visible Chapter XIII MR. UNDERWOOD "STRIKES" FIRST The ensuing days were filled with work demanding close attention and concentration of thought, but often in the long, cool twilight, while Darrell rested from his day's work before entering upon the night's study, he recalled his visit to The Pines with a degree of pleasure hitherto unknown. —  At the Time Appointed
 

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  1. from Middle English merily, meriely; from merry + -ly.
 

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