how to pronounce merrily

/ˈmɛɹəliː/

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merrily is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of merrily in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… was going merrily along until I popped …”

meanings of merrily

adverb:

In a cheerful or merry way.

merrily frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word merrily occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics merrily can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that merrily can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;