Definition of "merrily"
merrily
/ˈmɛɹɪli/
adverb
comparative more merrily, superlative most merrily
Quotations
Ariell:Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I,In a Cowslips bell, I lie,There I cowch when Owles doe crie,On the Batts backe I doe flie after Sommer merrily.Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue nowVnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i], page 17