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1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment
   "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter";
   - gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful
    
2. Offering fun and gaiety
   "a merry evening";
   - gay, festal, festive
    
3. Quick and energetic
   "a merry chase";
   - alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
    
4. Slightly intoxicated
   - tiddly [Brit], tipsy, tiddley

Derived forms: merriest, merrier

See also: drunk, energetic, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, joyous

Encyclopedia: Merry, Merry Christmas