MERRILY


Meaning of MERRILY in English

1.

If you say that someone ~ does something, you are critical of the fact that they do it without realizing that there are a lot of problems which they have not thought about.

There they were, ~ describing their 16-hour working days while simultaneously claiming to be happily married...

= blithely

ADV: ADV with v disapproval

2.

If you say that something is happening ~, you mean that it is happening fairly quickly, and in a pleasant or satisfactory way.

The ferry cut ~ through the water...

ADV: ADV with v

3.

see also merry

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