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as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner
happily accepted the invitation to dinner
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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
There’s a sense right away in this series that Garfield, a happily married congressman with a generous homestead in rural Ohio, would have been happy to be forgotten.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
In We Were Liars and Family of Liars, there are romantic storylines that don’t end happily.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
While Mann was cooking and cracking eggs, Oliver asked about his technique and Mann happily offered to show him.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the couple is happily engaged in real life.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
In We Were Liars and Family of Liars, there are romantic storylines that don’t end happily.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
While Mann was cooking and cracking eggs, Oliver asked about his technique and Mann happily offered to show him.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the couple is happily engaged in real life.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happily
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those fissures burst into the open last week, when Tucker Carlson conducted a friendly interview with the cheerfully white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, the lawsuit alleges Sheriff’s deputies failed to properly search and screen for contraband in the jail, and failed to observe and supervise inmates.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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In fact, doing it properly is an art form of sorts, with layering requiring the right mix of textures, metals, and ring thicknesses to build out a covetable final look that doesn’t feel burdensome on your finger.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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Tips For Planting Bulbs When planting bulbs in the fall, prep the area first and make sure to space the bulbs and plant them correctly with these tips.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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The study also found that the test correctly predicted the cancer's origin 92% of the time.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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According to the Mayo Clinic, for some women experiencing perimenopausal symptoms, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can help alleviate hot flashes and night sweats, protect against bone loss and reduce the risk of heart disease when used appropriately.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Dane Laffrey's sets feel appropriately busy during the construction phase of the show, with ladders, buckets, and other equipment strewn about the stage.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Happily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happily. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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