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Meaning of 'happy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Happy [ superl.]
- Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
- Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
- Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

Meaning of 'happy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . happy [ a]
Meaning (1):
- enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
Example in sentence:
  • a happy marriage;
  • a happy smile;
  • spent many happy days on the beach
2 . happy [ s]
Meaning (2):
- marked by good fortune
Example in sentence:
  • a felicitous life;
  • a happy outcome
Meaning (3):
- well expressed and to the point
Example in sentence:
  • a few well-chosen words;
  • a happy turn of phrase
Meaning (4):
- eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
Example in sentence:
  • glad to help

Nearby Words:

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

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