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View synonyms for happily

happily

[hap-uh-lee]

adverb

  1. in a happy manner; with pleasure.

  2. by good fortune; providentially; luckily.

  3. felicitously; appropriately; aptly.

    a happily turned phrase.



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Other Word Forms

  • overhappily adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of happily1

A Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; happy, -ly
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Some happily share pictures of their face before, after and the very bruised bit in between - their often very painful recovery.

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The San Francisco couple happily set up folding chairs and anchored a beach umbrella into place.

But I was absolutely content wherever I was, happily lost, cheerfully but never desperately interested in what might come next.

The Peronist coalition’s voting record in Congress demonstrates that given the chance, it will happily demolish the fiscal discipline that Mr. Milei has worked hard to achieve.

In recent years, she happily realized she would be able to do just that.

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