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Merrily vs Gaily - What's the difference?

merrily | gaily |

As adverbs the difference between merrily and gaily

is that merrily is in a cheerful or merry manner while gaily is merrily.

merrily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a cheerful or merry manner.
    • Merrily we row our boat... We're having so much fun we're singing about it.

    gaily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Merrily.
  • Showily.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}