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Thesaurus: happily

By chance; peradventure; haply.

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  1. adv. By chance; peradventure; haply.
  2. adv. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
  3. adv. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
  4. adv. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.
  5. adv. in a joyous manner
  6. adv. in an unexpectedly lucky way
  7. 1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily. Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller. 3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife. 4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope. Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
  8. r:100 r. in a joyous manner r. in an unexpectedly lucky way