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happily

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hap⋅pi⋅ly

  [hap-uh-lee]
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–adverb
1. in a happy manner; with pleasure.
2. by good fortune; luckily; providentially.
3. felicitously; aptly; appropriately: a happily turned phrase.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see happy, -ly
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hap·py   (hāp'ē)   
adj.   hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est

  1. Characterized by good luck; fortunate.

  2. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.

  3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.

  4. Cheerful; willing: happy to help.

    1. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.

    2. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.


[Middle English, from hap, luck; see hap.]
hap'pi·ly adv., hap'pi·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean attended by luck or good fortune: a happy outcome; a fortunate omen; a lucky guess; a providential recovery. See Also Synonyms at glad1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

happily
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."
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

happily

see live happily ever after.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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