happily
adverb
\
Definition of happily
Keep scrolling for more
Synonyms & Antonyms for happily
Synonyms
brightly, cheerfully, cheerily, gaily (also gayly), heartily, jocosely, jovially, merrily, mirthfully, smilingly
Antonyms
bleakly, cheerlessly, darkly, heavily, miserably, morosely, unhappily
Visit the Thesaurus for More
Examples of happily in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Everything was so nice for our Rhoda in her happily married life. — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, "Valerie Harper, TV's Rhoda Morgenstern, Dies at 80," 30 Aug. 2019 Bill Owens is happily out of the limelight in the private sector. — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, "Caldara: Letâs take a deeper look behind Hickenlooperâs poll numbers," 23 Aug. 2019 The breakout star â who recently volunteered to star on The Bachelorette â is happily single. — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, "Lizzo Jokes 'I Need My Own Hemsworth' â But 'I'm Not Messing with Miley's Man' After Liam Split," 14 Aug. 2019 Clearly, these two are still happily together ...right? — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, "Here's the Real Reason Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart Skipped the 2019 Teen Choice Awards," 12 Aug. 2019 Edward and Caroline had been happily married for 71 years. — sun-sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 6/28," 28 June 2019 The role would be to ensure that employees want to come back to work happily. — Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, "âOlaâs Bhavish Aggarwal, and not Microsoftâs Satya Nadella, is the Indian techieâs new role modelâ," 11 Aug. 2019 Lew was born in New Haven, CT, grew up in Guilford, CT and lived happily for the past 54 years in Killingworth, CT. — courant.com, "Lewis Willard Scranton," 4 Aug. 2019 Fast forward through the movie's iconic kiss-in-the-rain scene, and Jake and Melanie lived happily ever after. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "There Might Be a âSweet Home Alabamaâ Sequel in Our Future and Weâre Losing It," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'happily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for happily
happily
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of happily
See the full definition for happily in the English Language Learners Dictionary
Keep scrolling for more