merry

Yes, the captain was back, and very merry, and had a funny medicinal smell about him.

Penelope called, for she felt merry but also as if she might cry, and she much preferred merry.

That the possible marriage of the Widow Ashton and Admiral Faucet had provided an excuse to shop for new outfits was one reason for her merry mood.

Lady Constance sounded merry in the sort of brightly exaggerated way that made it clear she was trying not to cry, and perhaps not entirely succeeding.

We don’t mimic the tale of Jake’s not so merry band, not exactly, but its shape matches ours.