merrily

From Middle English merily, from Old English myriġlīċe; equivalent to merry +‎ -ly.

merrily (comparative more merrily, superlative most merrily)

1. In a cheerful or merry way.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 17:

     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 now

     Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 50:

     Then Heidi would sit down and chatter merrily away.