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Happily

Definition: Happily

Happily

Adverb

1. In a joyous manner; "they shouted happily".

2. In an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "happily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Happily \Hap"pi*ly\, adverb. [From Happy.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Happily

DomainDefinition

Computing

Happily adv. Of software, used to emphasize that a program is unaware of some important fact about its environment, either because it has been fooled into believing a lie, or because it doesn't care. The sense of `happy' here is not that of elation, but rather that of blissful ignorance. "The program continues to run, happily unaware that its output is going to /dev/null." Also used to suggest that a program or device would really rather be doing something destructive, and is being given an opportunity to do so. "If you enter an O here instead of a zero, the program will happily erase all your data." Neverheless, use of this term implies a basically benign attitude towards the program: It didn't mean any harm, it was just eager to do its job. We'd like to be angry at it but we shouldn't, we should try to understand it instead. The adjective "cheerfully" is often used in exactly the same way. Source: Jargon File.

Tips from 1870

Usage: Haply, Happily. In the reading of the Scriptures the word happily is sometimes used where the archaic word haply should be employed. In like manner the word thoroughly is substituted for the old form throughly. Both words should be pronounced as they are spelled. Source: Slips of Speech.

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Synonyms: Happily

Synonyms: blithely (adv), gayly (adv), jubilantly (adv), merrily (adv), mirthfully (adv), with happiness (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: sadly (adv), unhappily (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Happily

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pleasure

Adverb: happily; Adjective: with pleasure; (willingfully); with glee; n.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Happily

English words defined with "happily": on air. (references)
Specialty definitions using "happily": ABRAHAM, AcceptedBloody WeekCophetuaDynamite SaturdayESTHER, EuniceFebruaryHaply, HusbandParkRadishShoe Pinches, Sound as a BellTroutWhale. (references)

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Modern Usage: Happily

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Get married, have a bunch of kids, live happily. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

If I wasn't happily married and you weren't my wife's stepsister I'd have an affair with you in a second (The Object of My Affection; writing credit: Wendy Wasserstein. Based on the novel by Stephen McCauley.)

But I'm happily married (Man in the Moon; writing credit: Basil Dearden; John Foley)

A lot of people say that, and the first thing you know it, they get married, and live happily ever after (Stalag 17; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

When I kiss you you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lyrics

Forever after happily, making misery (Misery; performing artist: Soul Asylum)

We lived happily forever, so the story goes, (Come Sail Away; performing artist: STYX)

And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp)

Clever

Alimony: Funds which allow a woman who lived unhappily married to live happily unmarried. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Happily Buried (1939)

...and They Lived Happily Ever After (1975)

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Commercial Usage: Happily

DomainTitle

Books

  • All Grown Up: Living Happily Ever After With Your Adult Children (reference)

  • Allergy-Free Cooking: How to Survive the Elimination Diet and Eat Happily Ever After (reference)

  • Being Single in a Couples' World: How to Be Happily Single While Looking for Love (reference)

  • Confessions of a Happily Organized Family (reference)

  • Happily Ever After (Arabesque) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Goldilocks - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (reference)

  • The Pied Piper - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (reference)

  • Puss'n Boots - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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Image Slideshow: Happily

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Happily

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Elsa DeWind, long-time resident of Lovango Cay Mrs. DeWind came from New York City in the 1930's Married a native fisherman and lived happily ever after. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

What every husband knows. Who lunches every day quite happily at a one-arm-get-it-yourself joint ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Happily

AuthorQuotation

Daniel Frohman

Taste and habits change progressively. In the old days the lady with a past repented and died; today she repents and lives happily every after.

Epicurus

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Horace

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.

Marcus Aurelius

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Novalis

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

Oscar Wilde

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.

Robert Louis Stevenson

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

Samuel Johnson

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

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Historic Usage: Happily

AuthorDateQuotation

Marbury v. Madison

1803

The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Swiss Federal Council has informed the French Government on May 5, 1919, that after examining the provisions of Article 435 in a like spirit of sincere friendship it has happily reached the conclusion that it was possible to acquiesce in it under the following conditions and reservations: (1) The neutralised zone of Haute-Savoie: (a) It will be understood that as long as the Federal Chambers have not ratified the agreement come to between the two Governments concerning the abrogation of the stipulations in respect of the neutralised zone of Savoy, nothing will be definitively settled, on one side or the other, in regard to this subject. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Happily

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Happily, it was now time to be gone

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Happily, the physician had come and had been apprised of this

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Granma settled herself happily.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Spoken Usage: Happily

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Julie Andrews

Oh, because I think it's an everybody lives happily ever after story. It's got some thrills and adventures. It's got tons of fun. Beautiful scenery. Nuns. I mean, everything.

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Speeches: Happily

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801The distance of the United States from Europe and the well known promptitude, ardor, and courage of the people in defense of their country happily diminish the probability of invasion.

James Monroe

1817-1825Our system has happily advanced to such maturity that I am not aware that your cares in that respect will be augmented.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Internal tranquillity is happily restored to Portugal.

Zachary Taylor

1849-1850Happily, however, in the performance of my new duties I shall not be without able cooperation.

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857From their wars, their tumults, and anxieties we have been, happily, almost entirely exempt.

James Buchanan

1857-1861This is, happily, a matter of but little practical importance.

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893We have happily maintained a policy of avoiding all interference with European affairs.

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Usage Frequency: Happily

"Happily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.44% of the time. "Happily" is used about 1,783 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.44%1,7734,761
Noun (proper)0.56%10111,207
                    Total100.00%1,783N/A

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Expressions: Happily

Expression using "happily": ad happily. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "happily": happily-married, happily-monied, happily-with.

Containing "happily": lived-happily-ever-after.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Happily

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day
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per Day

happily ever after

74

after ever happily lyrics

4

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23

nine day so happily unsatisfied

3

happily even after

21

after case ever happily video

3

after case ever happily lyrics

12

happily so unsatisfied

3

happily

12

happily ever after movie

3

happily married

7

after ever happily show tv

2

after case ever happily

7

couple happily married

2

happily single.com

6

frog prince happily ever after movie

2

after ever happily n

4

after ever happily tattoo

2

after child ever every fairy happily tale

4

after ever happily video

2

happily single

4

after cold ever happily squad

2
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Modern Translation: Happily

Language Translations for "happily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

si duhet (decent, decorous, Pat, right, rightly), për fat të mirë (fortunately, luckily), në lumturi, lumturisht (fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لحسن الحظ (fortunately), ‏بنجاح (coming out well, felicitously, luckily, swimmingly), ‏بلباقة, ‏بسعادة (highly). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уместно (appositely, felicitously), случайно (accidentally, at random, by accident, by chance, casually, circumstantially, fortuitously, idly, incidentally, occasionally, on occasion, perchance, sporadically), щастливо (fortunately), на място (felicitous), за щастие (fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

愉快地 (Agreeably, Blithely, Delightfully). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zvesela, vhodnì (appositely, appropriately, aptly, felicitously, fittingly, opportunely), vesele (gaily, jauntily, merrily), spokojenì (contentedly), bohudík (fortunately, mercifully). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

onnellisesti (he arrived safely). (various references)

   

French

  

heureusement, avec réussite, avec facilité. (various references)

   

German

  

glücklicherweise (fortunately, luckily, providentially), fröhlich (blithe, blithesome, bright, brightly, cheerful, cheerfully, cheerily, festive, gay, gladly, gladsome, gleeful, happy, jauntily, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, jovially, joyous, lighthearted, liltingly, merrily, merry, mirthful, mirthfully, upbeat). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ευτυχώσ (fortunately, luckily), ευτυχισμένα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשמחתי ו, בשמח". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szerencsére (blissfully, fortunately, it's a good job that, luckily), boldogan (fain, gaily, gayly, gladly, joyously). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

syukur (fortunately, thank God, thanks be to God). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fortunatamente (fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

琴瑟相'す (happily married), おしどり夫婦 (a careless person, a couple of lovebirds, breasts, frightening, happily married couple, huge, oden, pacifier, penis, shocked speechless, suck, teething ring, uncle), 欣懐 (thinking happily of), "翼の鳥 (happily married couple), 合縁奇縁 (a couple strangely but happily united). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おしどりふうふ (a couple of lovebirds, happily married couple), き"しつあいわす (happily married), き"かい (adjacent seas, coastal waters, delighful, feelings, gold bar, gold bullion, inner thoughts, nugget, pleasant, thinking happily of), ひよくのとり (happily married couple), あいえ"きえ" (a couple strangely but happily united). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

행복하게 (Blissfully). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

lykkelig (fortunate, happy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

appilyhay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

felizmente (fortunately, luckily), alegremente (airily, gaily, gladly, jauntily, joyfully, lightly, merrily, rejoicingly). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fericit (beatific, beatifical, blessed, blithe, felicitous, fortunate, glad, happy, joyful, successful), din fericire (for luck, fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

счастливо (fortunately). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

veselo (exhilarated, facetiously, gaily, jokingly, lightly, merrily, rejoicingly), sretno. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

afortunadamente (fortunately, luckily, providently). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lyckligtvis (fortunately, luckily), lyckligt. (various references)

   

Thai

  

อย่างมีความสุข (gladly, joyfully). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mutlulukla, mutluca, iyi ki (fortunately, luckily), bereket versin ki (fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

успішно (successfully), щасливо (fortunately, good luck, joyfully, luckily), на щастя (fortunately, luckily). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

hạnh phúc thật l may mắn, thật l phúc khéo chọn, sung sướng (beatific, blissful, glad), rất đắt (happy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Happily

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

beatius, feliciter, fortunate, grate. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Happily

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 11, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai idwn sukhn makroqen ecousan fulla hlqen ei ara eurhsei ti en auth kai elqwn ep authn ouden euren ei mh fulla ou gar hn kairoV sukwn
Latin405VulgateCumque vidisset a longe ficum habentem folia venit si quid forte inveniret in ea et cum venisset ad eam nihil invenit praeter folia non enim erat tempus ficorum
Old English990West SaxonÐa he ferren ge-seah an fic-treow þeleaf hæfde. he com & sohte hwæðer he þæron aht funde. þa he him to com; ne fundehe þær buton leaf ane. Sodlice hit wæs þasfic-treowes time.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whanne he hadde seyn a fyge tree afer hauynge leeuys, he cam, if happily he schulde fynde ony thing therynne; and whanne he cam to it, he fond no thing, out taken leeuys; for it was no tyme of fygis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd spyed a fygge tree a farre of havinge leves and wet to se whether he myght finde eny thinge ther on. But when he came therto he foude no thinge but leves: for the tyme of fygges was not yet.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves: for the time of figs had not yet come.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

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Matched Bible Translations: Happily

LanguageMark Chapter 11, Verse 13
CebuanoUg sa pagkakita niya sa layolayo sa usa ka kahoyng igira nga dahonan, giduol niya kini basin pa makakaplag siyag bunga. Apan sa paghiduol niya niini, siya walay nakita gawas sa mga dahon lamang, kay kadto dili pa man panahon sa tingbunga.
CroatianUgleda izdaleka lisnatu smokvu i priðe ne bi li na njoj što našao. Ali došavši bliže, ne naðe ništa osim lišæa jer ne bijaše vrijeme smokvama.
DanishOg da han så et Figentræ langt borte, som havde Blade, gik han derhen, om han måske kunde finde noget derpå, og da han kom til det, fandt han intet uden Blade; thi det var ikke Figentid.
DutchEn ziende van verre een vijgeboom, die bladeren had, ging Hij om te zien, of Hij ook iets op denzelven zou vinden; en daarbij gekomen zijnde, vond Hij niet dan bladeren; want het was de tijd der vijgen niet.
FinnishJa kun hän kaukaa näki viikunapuun, jossa oli lehtiä, meni hän katsomaan, löytäisikö ehkä jotakin siitä; mutta tultuaan sen luo hän ei löytänyt muuta kuin lehtiä. Sillä silloin ei ollut viikunain aika.
FrenchApercevant de loin un figuier qui avait des feuilles, il alla voir s`il y trouverait quelque chose; et, s`en étant approché, il ne trouva que des feuilles, car ce n`était pas la saison des figues.
Gaelic`S nuair a chunnaic e fad as craobh-fhige air an robh duilleach, thainig e fiach am faigheadh e ma dh` fhaoidte dad oirre; `s nuair a rainig e i, cha d` fhuair e ach duilleagan: oir cha robh am nam figis ann.
GermanUnd er sah einen Feigenbaum von ferne, der Blätter hatte; da trat er hinzu, ob er etwas darauf fände, und da er hinzukam, fand er nichts denn nur Blätter, denn es war noch nicht Zeit, daß Feigen sein sollten.
Haitian CreoleDepi byen lwen, li wè yon pye fig frans ki te plen fèy. li al wè si li ta jwenn kèk fig frans sou li. Men, lè li rive kote l', se fèy ase li jwenn, paske se pa t' sezon fig frans.
HungarianÉs meglátván messzirõl egy fügefát, a mely leveles vala, odaméne, ha talán találna valamit rajta: de odaérvén ahhoz, levélnél egyebet semmit sem talála; mert nem vala fügeérésnek ideje.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDari jauh Ia melihat sebatang pohon ara yang daunnya lebat. Jadi Ia pergi ke pohon itu untuk melihat apakah ada buahnya. Tetapi ketika Ia sampai di pohon itu, Ia tidak menemukan apa-apa, kecuali daun-daun saja, sebab pada waktu itu belum musim buah ara.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDemi terpandang dari jauh sepohon ara yang berdaun, pergilah Ia melihat kalau-kalau boleh dapat apa-apa padanya; tatkala Ia sampai ke situ, suatu pun tiada dijumpai-Nya, melainkan daun sahaja; karena belum sampai musim buah ara.
MaoriA, i tona kitenga i tetahi piki i tawhiti, he rau ona, ka haere ia, me kore e kitea tetahi mea i runga: a, no tona taenga, kihai i kitea e ia tetahi mea, he rau anake: ehara hoki i te wa o te piki.
NorwegianOg da han så et fikentre langt borte, som hadde blad, gikk han dit, om han kanskje kunde finne noget på det, og da han kom bort til det, fant han ikke noget uten blad; for det var ikke fikentid.
Portuguesee avistando de longe uma figueira que tinha folhas, foi ver se, porventura, acharia nela alguma coisa; e chegando a ela, nada achou senão folhas, porque não era tempo de figos.   
RumanianA zqrit de departe un smochin, care avea frunze, wi a venit sq vadq poate va gqsi ceva kn el. S`a apropiat de smochin, dar n`a gqsit deckt frunze, cqci nu era kncq vremea smochinelor.
ShuarTura arant wajan iikiu numirin Núkenniun Wáiniak, nereatsuash tusa iyumiayi. Tura nereshtairin asamtai neren penké Wáinkiachmiayi.
SwahiliBasi, akaona kwa mbali mtini wenye majani mengi. Akauendea ili aone kama ulikuwa na tunda lolote. Alipoufikia, aliukuta bila tunda lolote ila majani matupu, kwa vile hayakuwa majira ya mtini kuzaa matunda.
SwedishOch då han på avstånd fick se ett fikonträd som hade löv, gick han dit för att se om han till äventyrs skulle finna något därpå; men när han kom fram till det, fann han intet annat än löv, det var icke då fikonens tid.
UmaMolaa-pidi, nahilo-hawo hangkaju kaju ara to mobumu-damo rau-na-- hiaa' ko'ia tempo powuaa' -na. Hilou-imi hi kaju toe, pai' nanaa meka' ba ria wua' -na. Aga uma ria nau' hantakua.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Happily

Derivations

Words ending with "happily": unhappily. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Happily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hapel, hapily, happi, happilly, happpily, Hapsley, Heppell, hiphil, hopely. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Happily"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "happily" (pronounced ha"pulē)
6h a" p u l ēunhappily.
4-p u l ēmonopoly, municipally, oligopoly, sleepily, sloppily, Tripoli.
3-u l ēabysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

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Anagrams: Happily

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-l-p-p-y"

-2 letters: apply, haply, happy, hippy, lippy, palpi, phial, phyla, pipal.

-3 letters: hail, hila, hyla, lipa, pail, palp, paly, pial, pily, pipy, play.

-4 letters: ail, alp, hap, hay, hip, hyp, lap, lay, lip, pah, pal, pap, pay, phi, pia, pip, ply, pya, yah, yap, yip.

-5 letters: ah, ai, al, ay, ha, hi, la, li, pa, pi.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-l-p-p-y"
 

+2 letters: unhappily.

 

+3 letters: epiphyseal, epiphysial, gypsophila, hypoplasia, polyphagia, polyphasic, snappishly.

 

+4 letters: amphiploidy, apophyllite, gypsophilas, hyperplasia, hypophysial, hypoplasias, hypoplastic, polygraphic, polyphagias, polyphagies, prophylaxis.

 

+5 letters: apophyllites, hyperlipemia, hyperplasias, hyperplastic, hypertypical, peripherally, phenotypical, philanthropy, phosphatidyl, polygraphist, prophylactic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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