Hypertext Webster Gateway: "happily"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Happily \Hap"pi*ly\, adv. [From {Happy}.]
1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.

Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. --Waller.

3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he
lived happily with his wife.

4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a
manner to success; with success.

Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave
to gay, from lively to severe. --Pope.

Syn: Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously;
contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

happily
adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: {merrily},
{mirthfully}, {gayly}, {blithely}, {jubilantly}, {with
happiness}] [ant: {unhappily}]
2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"
[ant: {sadly}]


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