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单词 happily
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happily

adverb

hap·​pi·​ly ˈha-pə-lē How to pronounce happily (audio)
1
a
: in a fortunate manner
b
: as it fortunately happens
happily, some boyhood pleasures don't change P. A. Witteman
2
archaic : by chance
3
: in a happy manner or state
4
: in an adequate or fitting manner : successfully

Synonyms

  • brightly
  • cheerfully
  • cheerily
  • gaily
  • gayly
  • heartily
  • jocosely
  • jovially
  • merrily
  • mirthfully
  • smilingly
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Example Sentences

They have been happily married for 12 years. They lived happily ever after. We happily accept credit cards.
Recent Examples on the Web The two are still happily together and have two children — Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2022 And so is the director and the producer and, happily, so is AMC. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 Andress understands that her life — like her new music — offers the making of a story with a tidy happily-ever-after ending. Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 After a difficult life of abuse in a Virginia breeding facility, a senior beagle is now living happily ever after. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 And any film that incorporates deposition footage is not likely to be headed toward a simple happily-ever-after. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022 Will Frederic and Mabel steer their way to a happily-ever-after? Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 July 2022 There is no saccharine happily-ever-after in which Johnny suddenly becomes a world-class dad, but their brief time together does change him. Hilary Weaver, ELLE, 1 June 2022 Fast-forward seven months, and Verity’s killers — Jeremy and Lowen — are living happily ever after, about to welcome a baby girl. Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

happily

adverb

1
as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner happily accepted the invitation to dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cheerfully
  • joyfully
  • merrily
  • brightly
  • cheerily
  • smilingly
  • jovially
  • heartily
  • mirthfully
  • joyously
  • gaily
  • gayly
  • blithely
  • jocosely
  • giddily
  • gladly
  • exuberantly
  • laughingly
  • breezily
  • blissfully
  • amusedly
  • lightheartedly
  • amicably
  • sunnily
  • friendly
  • optimistically
  • hopefully
  • elatedly
  • rapturously
  • sanguinely
  • jocularly
  • gigglingly
  • good-naturedly
  • friendlily
  • euphorically
  • good-humoredly
  • blithesomely
  • gladsomely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unhappily
  • heavily
  • miserably
  • morosely
  • darkly
  • dejectedly
  • despondently
  • disconsolately
  • mournfully
  • sorrowfully
  • forlornly
  • abjectly
  • bleakly
  • plaintively
  • cheerlessly
  • dolefully
  • glumly
  • wretchedly
  • sullenly
  • sternly
  • dispiritedly
  • sulkily
  • sourly
  • dourly
  • dismally
  • gloomily
  • pessimistically
  • drearily
  • dolorously
  • mirthlessly
  • blackly
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2
as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose one of those rare occasions on which business and pleasure happily mixed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • properly
  • correctly
  • duly
  • appropriately
  • rightly
  • suitably
  • fittingly
  • adequately
  • well
  • right
  • acceptably
  • congruously
  • satisfactorily
  • meetly
  • appositely
  • decently
  • tolerably
  • passably
  • decorously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wrongly
  • incorrectly
  • incongruously
  • improperly
  • inappropriately
  • unfortunately
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unsuitably
  • unacceptably
  • irrelevantly
  • awkwardly
  • inopportunely
  • unseemly
  • unseasonably
  • inaptly
  • ungracefully
  • inappositely
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