1
as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner
happily accepted the invitation to dinner
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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
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Recent Examples of happily
Hoerner declared that any team would happily sign up for Happ’s level of consistency, while Turner called him a very underrated player.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The former president of Russia Dmitri Medvedev crowed happily on X about the damage done.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Fact checked by Sarah Scott Matt and Josie Leinart are happily adjusting to life with three young kids after welcoming their third baby together in February 2025.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry Hager, may be happily in love, but their son could do without their public displays of affection.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The former president of Russia Dmitri Medvedev crowed happily on X about the damage done.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Fact checked by Sarah Scott Matt and Josie Leinart are happily adjusting to life with three young kids after welcoming their third baby together in February 2025.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 3 Apr. 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry Hager, may be happily in love, but their son could do without their public displays of affection.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happily
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“Happily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happily. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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