happily

[ hap-uh-lee ]
/ ˈhæp ə li /

adverb

in a happy manner; with pleasure.
by good fortune; luckily; providentially.
felicitously; aptly; appropriately: a happily turned phrase.

Origin of happily

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at happy, -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM happily

o·ver·hap·pi·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH happily

hapless haply happily

Example sentences from the Web for happily

Idioms and Phrases with happily

happily

see live happily ever after.