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- adjective
comparative form ofmerry : moremerry
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Examples
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Spending money, the more the merrier, is the leitmotif of parents weekend.
Embracing a Parental Rite Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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"I always think," said Mrs. Bax dreamily, "that 'the more the merrier' is peculiarly true of picnics.
New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925
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'I ride about the highways killing people; and the more I kill, the merrier are the songs I sing.'
Twenty-Three Tales 1906
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Looking westward, from this vantage-ground, the setting sun is not the less lovely to him that he recalls a merrier time when the shadows fell the other way.
Wilfrid Cumbermede George MacDonald 1864
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He laughed at my spiteful remarks, and the worse I calumniated, the merrier was the king.
Henry VIII and His Court Henry Niles Pierce 1843
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It's the perfect space for two but if the more the merrier is your motto it includes a twin bed and sleeper in case you need to comfortably accommodate a few extras.
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Shorts in a clime where everyone else is tiring pants. by Linden Walhard The more, the merrier is a true concept that many people may not agree while traveling but it might be like that.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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Barry Cinnamon, chief executive of installer, Akeena Solar, said, "I do not believe that the more the merrier is the right approach.
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So when it comes to famous people voicing the message, the more, the merrier.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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So when it comes to famous people voicing the message, the more, the merrier.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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