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[ adverb ] in a joyous manner
Synonyms Examples "they shouted happily" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Still , the network 's willingness to experiment in this musical field is to be commended , and future essays happily anticipated . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Had the situation been reversed , had , for_instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New_England , there is little doubt that large_numbers of Southerners would have happily put_on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The men in the boats had started yelling happily at first sight of the officer , two of them calling him Billy . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Their curiosity went happily out_of_bounds . |
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[ adverb ] in an unexpectedly lucky way
Examples "happily he was not injured" Related terms |
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