happily
Americanadverb
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in a happy manner; with pleasure.
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by good fortune; providentially; luckily.
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felicitously; appropriately; aptly.
a happily turned phrase.
Other Word Forms
- overhappily adverb
Etymology
Origin of happily
Example Sentences
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They’ll happily pay a fee to lower costs for contract management, document review and case prep.
The day after Celtic's League Cup final defeat, O'Neill said he would "happily have stayed on", saying of his interim stint: "Thankfully, I don't think I messed it up."
From BBC
However, the black and white spaniel still happily greeted her rescuers with a wagging tail which "pulled on the heartstrings", she said.
From BBC
It’s sprinkled with the faintest touch of spice but happily lacks the tired tropes of most romantasy.
Levon White, a third-grader in Newman Lake, Wash., said he orders sushi once a month when he visits his best friend’s grandmother, who happily foots the bill.
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