merrilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrəli/

Forms: Old English myrgelice, Old English myriglice, Middle English merelly, Middle English merili, Middle English meryely, Middle English merylye, Middle English mireli, Middle English mirilich, Middle English murely, Middle English muriliche, Middle English murily, Middle English muryely, Middle English muryly, Middle English myrely, Middle English myriely, Middle English myrili, Middle English myrily, Middle English myryliche, Middle English myryly, Middle English–1500s merely, Middle English–1500s merelye, Middle English–1500s meryly, Middle English–1600s merily, Middle English–1600s merilye, 1500s merelie, 1500s merrellie, 1500s merrely, 1500s– merrily, 1600s mearily, 1600s merilie; Scottish pre-1700 mearelie, pre-1700 merelie, pre-1700 merellie, pre-1700 merelly, pre-1700 merely, pre-1700 merilie, pre-1700 merily, pre-1700 merilye, pre-1700 merrely, pre-1700 merrilie, pre-1700 merylie, pre-1700 meryly, pre-1700 mirily, pre-1700 mirralie, pre-1700 mirrallie, pre-1700 mirrelie, pre-1700 mirrely, pre-1700 mirrilie, pre-1700 mirrily, pre-1700 myrralye, pre-1700 myrrellie, pre-1700 myrrely, pre-1700 myrrillie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merry adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < merry adj. + -ly suffix².

1. With exuberant gaiety, joyously; cheerfully, happily. Also, in early use (esp. of song or speech): †pleasantly, agreeably; brightly (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adverb]

lustly971

to thankOE

merryOE

lustilya1225

likinglya1387

pleasinglya1400

in (on) thankc1400

merrilyc1400

pleasantlya1425

listilyc1440

at pleasure1579

jolly1615

well-pleasedly1645

pleasedly1651

enjoyingly1835

welcomingly1884

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb]

gladlyc900

hightlyOE

blithelyc1000

merryOE

joyfullyc1330

gamelya1375

glada1400

merrilyc1400

joyinglyc1430

gladfully?c1450

joyously1474

deliciously1481

gladsomely1487

mirthfully1508

delightfully?1567

delightingly1602

delightedly1654

on wings1859

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb]

merryOE

feastlya1325

gailya1375

gay?a1400

festivally?c1400

merrilyc1400

jocundly1471

mirthfully1508

jolly1615

chirpingly1650

jollily1670

jovially1704

festively1793

gleeishly1828

gleesomely1850

gleefully1862

hilariously1863

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xvi. 286 Swa myccle liþelicor & myriglicor wæs gehyred se sealmsang.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1739 (MED) William ful merili to meliors þan he seide.

c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 138 No nyghtyngale Ne koude..Syngen so wonder myrily.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2295 Þen muryly efte con he mele, þe mon in þe grene.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3862 (MED) Þe mone ouir þe montayns meryly it schynes.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 58 The brid, þat sang so murely in the top of the tre, is þi conscience.

1552 in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 247 That I may..even in the very pangs of death, cry boldly and merrily unto thee.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xi. f. 182/2 The Swans birdes flye out of their neasts, and sing full merely, as Isidore saith.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. B10 Full merrily the humble Bee doth sing.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxiv. 126 I see the fire of Heresie..breaks most forth there, where they drink merriliest.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 162 We merrily Play At Trap.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. iv. 75 Merrily danced the Quaker's wife, And merrily danced the Quaker.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 32 ‘Oh, very well, uncle,’ said the boy, merrily.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 462 [I] would not go out of life less merrily than the swans.

1934 C. P. Snow Search iii. v. 273 He became merrily drunk very quickly.

1987 A. Tutuola Pauper, Brawler & Slanderer xiii. 59 All had danced merrily to the field.

2. With alacrity; in a brisk and energetic manner.In later use sometimes overlapping with sense 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > briskly or actively

quiverlyOE

smartc1300

smartlyc1300

spacklya1350

merrilyc1390

sprackly1393

livelyc1425

activelya1500

busilya1513

allegrement1608

alacriously1609

nippily1650

briskly1665

alertly1725

up and doing1817

pert1859

brash1884

stirringly1889

bobbishly1936

c1390 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1491 Forth this marchant rydeth..Til he cam in to Brugges murily.

c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 882 (MED) I lepte forth lightly a-long by þe heigges And movid forth myrily to maistrie þe hilles.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 547/1 These beestes fede meryly towardes nyght.

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iv. v. sig. K1^v Mich. May I have passage for my money? Sayl. And welcome too... Then merrily aboard.

1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 30 In..Field Engagements..where we intend not to cheapen an Enemy, but to fall on merrily.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 84 We went merrily up the River with the Flood.

1799 W. Wordsworth Fountain 22 No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears; How merrily it goes!

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 220 Late she [sc. a stranded galley] rock'd merrily at the least impulse That wind or wave could give; but now her keel is settling on the sand.

1879 Harper's Mag. Dec. 61/1 Vessels were built and remodelled, notices requesting ‘Gentleman Volunteers’ began to appear.., and the work of enlisting went merrily on.

1926 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts iii. i. 185 The process [sc. increase of population] went on merrily at first because the new countries produced far more food than they needed for themselves.

1974 Observer 3 Mar. 34/3 McKenzie merrily complained that the Battleground machine wasn't telling him anything.

†3. Jokingly, facetiously; wittily, cleverly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner

merrilyc1395

japinglya1420

pleasantly1552

jestingly1569

facetiously1598

facetely1620

joculatorily1623

sportively1631

lepidly1653

jocularly1655

jocundarily1660

ludicrouslya1678

drollingly1684

jokingly1700

jocosely1725

humorously1752

drolly1791

jest-wise1844

side-splittingly1859

japishly1888

jokily1976

c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 1192 Iuuenal seith of pouerte myrily, ‘The poure man’ [etc.].

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2345 (MED) I mansed þe muryly with a mynt one.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xxj This man merely..saied to his awne sonne that he would make him inheritor of y^e croune, meaning his awne house.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 16 Philip the French king beyng merely disposed, sayde that william lay in Childebed, and norisshed his fat belly.

1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 14 in Sylua Syluarum We knew he spake it but merrily.

1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 467 Treves,..'Tis..of no great Beauty of it self,..and the Air generally so clouded..that it is by some called merrily Cloaca Planetarum.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 161 The Captain understood my Raillery very well, and merrily replied with the old English Proverb, that he doubted mine Eyes were bigger than my Belly.

4. Blithely, heedlessly; with disregard of possible consequences or future implications.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly

unadvised1420

wildly1548

unrespectively1586

regardlessly1590

unheedily1596

unheedfullya1616

disregardfully1640

unmindfullya1653

inadvertently1678

non-attendingly1678

heedlesslya1682

unregardedly1685

inadvertingly1715

inattentively1748

unheedingly1787

slap-bang1829

regardless1872

merrily1906

blithely1921

slap-happily1969

1906 Athenæum 10 Mar. 294/3 Irresponsible Kitty..lived merrily throughout her scaramouch childhood and flirting girlhood.

1966 Listener 17 Feb. 247/1 Frontier wars..continue as merrily in our own nuclear age as ever they did before 1914.

1994 Nature 1 Dec. 418/1 In fact Herrnstein and Murray kidnap Spearman's notion of g and merrily ignore the care with which he sought to define its nature.

Compounds

† merrily disposed adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 129 The fleers of some of my merrily-disposed readers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merrily
释义	merrilyadv. Brit. /ˈmɛrᵻli/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəli/ Forms: Old English myrgelice, Old English myriglice, Middle English merelly, Middle English merili, Middle English meryely, Middle English merylye, Middle English mireli, Middle English mirilich, Middle English murely, Middle English muriliche, Middle English murily, Middle English muryely, Middle English muryly, Middle English myrely, Middle English myriely, Middle English myrili, Middle English myrily, Middle English myryliche, Middle English myryly, Middle English–1500s merely, Middle English–1500s merelye, Middle English–1500s meryly, Middle English–1600s merily, Middle English–1600s merilye, 1500s merelie, 1500s merrellie, 1500s merrely, 1500s– merrily, 1600s mearily, 1600s merilie; Scottish pre-1700 mearelie, pre-1700 merelie, pre-1700 merellie, pre-1700 merelly, pre-1700 merely, pre-1700 merilie, pre-1700 merily, pre-1700 merilye, pre-1700 merrely, pre-1700 merrilie, pre-1700 merylie, pre-1700 meryly, pre-1700 mirily, pre-1700 mirralie, pre-1700 mirrallie, pre-1700 mirrelie, pre-1700 mirrely, pre-1700 mirrilie, pre-1700 mirrily, pre-1700 myrralye, pre-1700 myrrellie, pre-1700 myrrely, pre-1700 myrrillie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merry adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < merry adj. + -ly suffix². 1. With exuberant gaiety, joyously; cheerfully, happily. Also, in early use (esp. of song or speech): †pleasantly, agreeably; brightly (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adverb] lustly971 to thankOE merryOE lustilya1225 likinglya1387 pleasinglya1400 in (on) thankc1400 merrilyc1400 pleasantlya1425 listilyc1440 at pleasure1579 jolly1615 well-pleasedly1645 pleasedly1651 enjoyingly1835 welcomingly1884 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb] gladlyc900 hightlyOE blithelyc1000 merryOE joyfullyc1330 gamelya1375 glada1400 merrilyc1400 joyinglyc1430 gladfully?c1450 joyously1474 deliciously1481 gladsomely1487 mirthfully1508 delightfully?1567 delightingly1602 delightedly1654 on wings1859 the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb] merryOE feastlya1325 gailya1375 gay?a1400 festivally?c1400 merrilyc1400 jocundly1471 mirthfully1508 jolly1615 chirpingly1650 jollily1670 jovially1704 festively1793 gleeishly1828 gleesomely1850 gleefully1862 hilariously1863 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xvi. 286 Swa myccle liþelicor & myriglicor wæs gehyred se sealmsang. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1739 (MED) William ful merili to meliors þan he seide. c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 138 No nyghtyngale Ne koude..Syngen so wonder myrily. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2295 Þen muryly efte con he mele, þe mon in þe grene. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3862 (MED) Þe mone ouir þe montayns meryly it schynes. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 58 The brid, þat sang so murely in the top of the tre, is þi conscience. 1552 in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 247 That I may..even in the very pangs of death, cry boldly and merrily unto thee. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xi. f. 182/2 The Swans birdes flye out of their neasts, and sing full merely, as Isidore saith. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. B10 Full merrily the humble Bee doth sing. View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxiv. 126 I see the fire of Heresie..breaks most forth there, where they drink merriliest. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 162 We merrily Play At Trap. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. iv. 75 Merrily danced the Quaker's wife, And merrily danced the Quaker. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 32 ‘Oh, very well, uncle,’ said the boy, merrily. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 462 [I] would not go out of life less merrily than the swans. 1934 C. P. Snow Search iii. v. 273 He became merrily drunk very quickly. 1987 A. Tutuola Pauper, Brawler & Slanderer xiii. 59 All had danced merrily to the field. 2. With alacrity; in a brisk and energetic manner.In later use sometimes overlapping with sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > briskly or actively quiverlyOE smartc1300 smartlyc1300 spacklya1350 merrilyc1390 sprackly1393 livelyc1425 activelya1500 busilya1513 allegrement1608 alacriously1609 nippily1650 briskly1665 alertly1725 up and doing1817 pert1859 brash1884 stirringly1889 bobbishly1936 c1390 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1491 Forth this marchant rydeth..Til he cam in to Brugges murily. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 882 (MED) I lepte forth lightly a-long by þe heigges And movid forth myrily to maistrie þe hilles. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 547/1 These beestes fede meryly towardes nyght. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iv. v. sig. K1^v Mich. May I have passage for my money? Sayl. And welcome too... Then merrily aboard. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 30 In..Field Engagements..where we intend not to cheapen an Enemy, but to fall on merrily. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 84 We went merrily up the River with the Flood. 1799 W. Wordsworth Fountain 22 No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears; How merrily it goes! 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 220 Late she [sc. a stranded galley] rock'd merrily at the least impulse That wind or wave could give; but now her keel is settling on the sand. 1879 Harper's Mag. Dec. 61/1 Vessels were built and remodelled, notices requesting ‘Gentleman Volunteers’ began to appear.., and the work of enlisting went merrily on. 1926 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts iii. i. 185 The process [sc. increase of population] went on merrily at first because the new countries produced far more food than they needed for themselves. 1974 Observer 3 Mar. 34/3 McKenzie merrily complained that the Battleground machine wasn't telling him anything. †3. Jokingly, facetiously; wittily, cleverly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner merrilyc1395 japinglya1420 pleasantly1552 jestingly1569 facetiously1598 facetely1620 joculatorily1623 sportively1631 lepidly1653 jocularly1655 jocundarily1660 ludicrouslya1678 drollingly1684 jokingly1700 jocosely1725 humorously1752 drolly1791 jest-wise1844 side-splittingly1859 japishly1888 jokily1976 c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 1192 Iuuenal seith of pouerte myrily, ‘The poure man’ [etc.]. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2345 (MED) I mansed þe muryly with a mynt one. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xxj This man merely..saied to his awne sonne that he would make him inheritor of y^e croune, meaning his awne house. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 16 Philip the French king beyng merely disposed, sayde that william lay in Childebed, and norisshed his fat belly. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 14 in Sylua Syluarum We knew he spake it but merrily. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 467 Treves,..'Tis..of no great Beauty of it self,..and the Air generally so clouded..that it is by some called merrily Cloaca Planetarum. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 161 The Captain understood my Raillery very well, and merrily replied with the old English Proverb, that he doubted mine Eyes were bigger than my Belly. 4. Blithely, heedlessly; with disregard of possible consequences or future implications. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly unadvised1420 wildly1548 unrespectively1586 regardlessly1590 unheedily1596 unheedfullya1616 disregardfully1640 unmindfullya1653 inadvertently1678 non-attendingly1678 heedlesslya1682 unregardedly1685 inadvertingly1715 inattentively1748 unheedingly1787 slap-bang1829 regardless1872 merrily1906 blithely1921 slap-happily1969 1906 Athenæum 10 Mar. 294/3 Irresponsible Kitty..lived merrily throughout her scaramouch childhood and flirting girlhood. 1966 Listener 17 Feb. 247/1 Frontier wars..continue as merrily in our own nuclear age as ever they did before 1914. 1994 Nature 1 Dec. 418/1 In fact Herrnstein and Murray kidnap Spearman's notion of g and merrily ignore the care with which he sought to define its nature. Compounds † merrily disposed adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 129 The fleers of some of my merrily-disposed readers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.OE
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