happily

Variant of happy

happy definition

happy (hap′ē)

adjective happier -·pier, happiest -·pi·est

  1. favored by circumstances; lucky; fortunate
  2. having, showing, or causing a feeling of great pleasure, contentment, joy, etc.; joyous; glad; pleased
  3. exactly appropriate to the occasion; suitable and clever; apt; felicitous a happy suggestion
  4. intoxicated, or irresponsibly quick to act, as if intoxicated: sometimes used in hyphenated compounds

Etymology: ME happi < hap: see hap

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