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Meaning of 'happily' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Happily [ adv.]
- By chance; peradventure; haply.
- By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
- In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
- With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.

Meaning of 'happily' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . happily [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in an unexpectedly lucky way
Example in sentence:
  • happily he was not injured
Meaning (2):
- in a joyous manner
Example in sentence:
  • they shouted happily

Nearby Words:

hap hap'penny haphazard hapless haplessly haplomi haplostemonous haply happed happen

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