1
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
The Crown Point woman is now happily settled into a busy life with husband, Caleb, and children Archer, who was born July 28, 2023, and Magnolia Grace, born March 27.
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Particularly in chronicling the sacrifices Cassandra happily made for Jane, Miss Austen suggests that there was always more than one way for a woman to lead a fulfilling life.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 May 2025
With brute force attacks now happily using GPU power to drive the guessing of password combos and load password-stealing malware, and AI increasingly helping such threats to evolve, years turn into minutes, minutes into seconds, and defences start to look quite weak in many cases.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
With her recent domination of Milan, and imminent command over New York City’s annual design week in May, Toogood is happily riding this second wave of success—and humbly basking in the highly deserved recognition from her industry peers.
—Dan Howarth, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Particularly in chronicling the sacrifices Cassandra happily made for Jane, Miss Austen suggests that there was always more than one way for a woman to lead a fulfilling life.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 May 2025
With brute force attacks now happily using GPU power to drive the guessing of password combos and load password-stealing malware, and AI increasingly helping such threats to evolve, years turn into minutes, minutes into seconds, and defences start to look quite weak in many cases.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
With her recent domination of Milan, and imminent command over New York City’s annual design week in May, Toogood is happily riding this second wave of success—and humbly basking in the highly deserved recognition from her industry peers.
—Dan Howarth, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happily
properly
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The kitchen is still working some things out: a coconut turnover, an ultra-sweet Barbadian dessert listed on the menu for two, is bread-loaf-sized and more properly feeds four or five; a green-banana pastel covered in a variety of sautéed mushrooms is just sort of boring.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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In more severe cases, gum graft rejection is possible, which is when the transplanted tissue fails to properly combine with the gum.12 Recovery Timeline The gum graft should fully fuse with the surrounding tissue within four to 12 weeks, with symptom recovery often taking about two weeks.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
3 May 2025
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“Happily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happily. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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