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Happily Moderate

Happily has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

in a joyous manner

"they shouted happily"

2

in an unexpectedly lucky way

"happily he was not injured"

3

By chance; perhaps.

"Happily, I found the book I was looking for on the top shelf without asking anyone else."

Related Terms
Antonyms
unhappily

Origin

Happily comes from the Middle English word happy combined with the suffix -ly. It entered modern usage as a standard adverb describing an action done in a cheerful or fortunate manner.

Rhyming Words
ily oily mily lily wily eily pily rily soily doily shily phily icily wrily drily noily baily daily amily emily
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