Meaning of HAPPILY
| Pronunciation: | | 'hapulee
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- [adv] in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"
- [adv] in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily"
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| | Synonyms: | | blithely, gayly, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully, with happiness |
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| | Antonyms: | | sadly, unhappily | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Definition: | | Of software, used to emphasise that a program is unaware of some important fact about its environment, either because it has been fooled into believing a lie, or because it doesn't care. The sense of "happy" here is not that of elation, but rather that of blissful ignorance. "The program continues to run, happily unaware that its output is going to /dev/null." [Jargon File] |
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| | Related Terms: | | agreeably, airily, blessedly, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily, delightedly, ecstatically, elatedly, enthusiastically, exultantly, favorably, fortunately, gaily, genially, gladly, gleefully, heartily, hopefully, irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, jubilantly, lightly, luckily, merrily, opportunely, optimistically, peaceably, pleasantly, propitiously, prosperously, providentially, rapturously, rhapsodically, satisfyingly, smilingly, successfully, swimmingly, willingly, with good cheer, with pleasure |
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