happily

Adverb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fortunately luckily merrily blithely successfully jubilantly felicitously contentedly mirthfully prosperously fain lief affirmatively jauntily readily

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Antonyms

sadly unhappily unfortunately alas roughly poorly

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Phrases with the word

happily ever after as happily

Examples

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus

May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ. Ignatius of Antioch

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. H. L. Mencken

A hungry calf cannot frisk happily over another with a full stomach. African Proverb

We can laugh happily with our children, but not with money. Japanese Proverb

Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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