'Happily' definitions:
Definition of 'happily'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
adverb
Definition of 'Happily'
From: GCIDE
- Happily \Hap"pi*ly\ (h[a^]p"p[i^]*l[y^]), adv. [From Happy.]
- 1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily. [1913 Webster]
- Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife. [1913 Webster]
- 4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success. [1913 Webster]
- Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. --Pope.
- Syn: Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'happily'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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