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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Idioms about merry

make merry, Older Use.

to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom.
to make fun of; ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes.

Origin of merry

First recorded before 900; Middle English meri(e),myrie, murie, Old English myr(i)ge, mer(i)ge “pleasant, delightful”

how to pronounce merry

See Mary.

OTHER WORDS FROM merry

mer·ri·ly, adverbmer·ri·ness, nouno·ver·mer·ri·ly, adverbo·ver·mer·ri·ness, noun

o·ver·mer·ry, adjectiveun·mer·ri·ly, adverbun·mer·ry, adjective

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Merry

[ mer-ee ]

/ ˈmɛr i /

noun

a female given name.

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How to use merry in a sentence

This conversation often bleeds easily into a “the more the merrier” logic followed by some joke about polygamy.
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For Tonight, the more may be the merrier where changes are concerned.
Jay Leno Cries It Out|Tom Shales|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kraft used the more-the-merrier tactic when it pushed cheese, the fattest of fat-based foods, into the markets in the 1990s.
How Fast Food Hooks Us|Nina Strochlic|February 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And when it comes to faith, family, and financial success, the more the merrier as far as the GOP is concerned.
Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans|Michael Medved|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST

And will be again, though perhaps the next time around Robin and his men will be a bit merrier.
Robin Hood's Amazing Run|Allen Barra|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
With the arrival of this pretty and lively school-girl the house became even merrier and brighter than before.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
A merrier party certainly never met, but the best of the expedition was to come.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
After breakfast we had a merry time at croquet, and then a still merrier time at foot-ball.
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII.|Various
But she believed he would come back, and her step grew lighter, her face brighter, her laugh merrier.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Never before was the sky more blue, the air more sweet, the village church bells' pealing merrier.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for merry

merry

/ (ˈmɛrɪ) /

adjective -rier or -riest

cheerful; jolly

very funny; hilarious

British informal slightly drunk

archaic delightful

make merry to revel; be festive

play merry hell with informal to disturb greatly; disrupt

Derived forms of merry

merrily, adverbmerriness, noun

Word Origin for merry

Old English merige agreeable

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