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
For couples seeking tips on how to stay happily together for decades, here's Engelman's advice.
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
Flacco would happily return to the Bengals, but this could be an intriguing opening.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Set reachable expectations from the get-go, and seek a manageable pace so that everyone can contribute happily.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
The situation Carrie's 6-year-old daughter was happily blowing bubbles with a friend.
—Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 28 Feb. 2026
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
Flacco would happily return to the Bengals, but this could be an intriguing opening.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Set reachable expectations from the get-go, and seek a manageable pace so that everyone can contribute happily.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
The situation Carrie's 6-year-old daughter was happily blowing bubbles with a friend.
—Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for happily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happily
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos likewise ripped Cameron, but Sarandos would still cheerfully kill to acquire a single new Cameron film over a hundred Red Notices and Rebel Moons.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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One lovely sequence sees an outdoor lunch at the lodge turn into an impromptu dance party with a live musician singing some cheerfully inauthentic bossa nova.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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According to the complaint, the historically Black university failed to maintain adequate security and did not properly respond to warnings about potential violence.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The screen installed on the door was not properly constructed to prevent pest entry, as the mesh openings were excessively large.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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Salerno suggests that several documents in the first few hundred years after Michelangelo's death correctly attribute the work to the artist but that in 1984 a scholar debunked it, erroneously in her view, and it has remained wrongly attributed ever since.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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People often didn’t give the chatbots the necessary information to correctly identify the health issue.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Part of that preparation is dressing appropriately in the best ski gear.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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In his Sunday column, Jim outlined how investors are trying to navigate this period of uncertainty, and appropriately, our cash position is unusually high, providing us with a buffer in this decline.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Happily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happily. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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