Definitions of happily [ˈhæp ə li]

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Definition of 'happily'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) happily
in a happy manner; with pleasure.

2. happily
by good fortune; luckily.

3. happily
aptly; appropriately.

Etymology: (1300–50)

Definition of 'happily'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly
in a joyous manner
"they shouted happily"

2. (adverb) happily
in an unexpectedly lucky way
"happily he was not injured"

Definition of 'happily'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adverb) happily
≠ sadly
She smiled happily.

2. happily
≠ unfortunately
Happily, no one was injured in the accident.

3. happily
≠ reluctantly
I'll happily be the one who tells him.

Definition of 'happily'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) happily
by chance; peradventure; haply

2. (adverb) happily
by good fortune; fortunately; luckily

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

4. (adverb) happily
with address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success

Definitions of 'happily'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. happily
Of software, used to emphasize 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.” Also used to suggest that a program or device would really rather be doing something destructive, and is being given an opportunity to do so. “If you enter an O here instead of a zero, the program will happily erase all your data.” Nevertheless, use of this term implies a basically benign attitude towards the program: It didn't mean any harm, it was just eager to do its job. We'd like to be angry at it but we shouldn't, we should try to understand it instead. The adjective “cheerfully” is often used in exactly the same way.

Translation of 'happily'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: lucky By a happy chance I have the key with me.; The child smiled happily; Happily, (= Fortunately,) she arrived home safely.
Afrikaans: gelukkig	Arabic: بِسَعادَه	Bulgarian: щастливо
Brazilian: felizmente	Czech: šťastně; naštěstí	German: glücklich, glücklicherwei
Danish: glædeligt; lykkeligt	Greek: ευτυχισμένα, ευτυχώς	Spanish: felizmente, alegremente,
Estonian: õnnelikult, õnneks	Farsi: با شادكامي و خوشبختي	Finnish: iloisesti
French: joyeusement; par bonheur	Hebrew: בְּשִׂמחָה	Hindi: सुखपूर्वक, संयोग से
Croatian: sretno, na srecu	Hungarian: boldogan; szerencsére	Indonesian: gembira
Icelandic: ánægjulega, hamingjusamle	Italian: felicemente; fortunatamen	Japanese: 楽しく
Korean: 행복하게	Lithuanian: laimingai, laimei	Latvian: laimīgi; par laimi
Malay: dengan gembira	Dutch: blij, tevreden, gelukkig	Norwegian: lykkelig, glad, til alt h
Polish: szczęśliwie, szczęśliwym	Persian: با شادكامي و خوشبختي	Pashto: په نېكمرغۍ ، د ښه مرغه په
Portuguese: felizmente	Romanian: din fericire; fericit	Russian: счастливо; к счастью
Slovak: šťastne; našťastie	Slovenian: srečno, na srečo	Serbian: srećno
Swedish: glatt, lyckligt	Thai: อย่างมีความสุข	Turkish: mutlulukla
Taiwanese: 高興地	Ukrainian: щасливо; на щастя	Urdu: شادمانی سے
Vietnamese: một cách hạnh phúc; một c	Chinese: 幸福地
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