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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She happily replies on social media when people tell her they're trying out her recipes.
From BBC
Some exhausted travellers seemed not to be paying attention to the music but dozens of others filmed or happily listened to it.
From Barron's
Beijing happily bragged about this record of $1.2 trillion in annual trade profit.
From MarketWatch
I sigh happily as Nash and Oliver show Harlow their own instruments.
From Literature
“My real auntie will stop you. Your story will always be left unfinished because Ella St. Clay will never give you a happily ever after.”
From Literature
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