How to Use happily in a Sentence
happily
adverb
- They lived happily ever after.
- We happily accept credit cards.
- They have been happily married for 12 years.
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The dog’s rump is attached to the front of the bird, and the result trots happily along.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
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The two have since moved passed it, and are still happily in love.
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Haley Kluge,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2022
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All of that could live happily on CNN.com, and may have to.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Apr. 2022
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The group kneaded and rolled out the dough and joked happily.
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Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2023
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There’s got to be a way for both of you to be happy and happily share a space.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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In Detroit, the month of March is happily welcomed for the warmer days still ahead.
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Jasmin Barmore,
Detroit Free Press,
8 Mar. 2022
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And Williams, as a number of tabloids will happily tell you, is straight.
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New York Times,
15 Mar. 2022
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Servers speak English and will happily walk you through the menu.
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Andy Wang,
Robb Report,
7 July 2021
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But while their children grow up happily, the idyll comes to an end.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2022
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In one shot, William is seen happily posing with the man.
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Rosa Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
9 June 2022
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But then, having achieved mastery over the Sphere, Phish will happily put it in the past.
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Geoff Edgers,
Washington Post,
11 Apr. 2024
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My folks are in a Navy town and will be bragging happily.
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Washington Post,
17 June 2021
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The second part of the clip shows Snow happily lounging in the foster mom's bed.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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On a hill about 50 yards away, a half dozen of them were happily munching grass.
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Johannes Lichtman,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2024
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But the war is not over, and Han and Leia will have to fight for their happily ever after.
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Barbara Vandenburgh,
USA TODAY,
26 July 2022
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This is one of life's headaches that can be resolved happily.
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Rich Ceppos,
Car and Driver,
12 Apr. 2023
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The kitchen would happily customize any dish on the kid's menu, too.
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Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024
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The rapper happily agreed and was planning to hand out the food on Friday.
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Adrian Sainz,
ajc,
18 Nov. 2021
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My eldest child took to it like a fish to water and danced (happily) for many years.
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Washington Post,
15 Dec. 2021
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Fast forward a few years, and the pair is now happily married with two kids.
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Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE.com,
28 July 2022
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But this version is easy to make and a go-to condiment that will happily live in your fridge for at least a week.
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Mackensy Lunsford,
USA TODAY,
2 June 2022
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The 13-year-old is a Kansas City Chiefs fan and will happily join in on the Sunday football fun.
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The Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2025
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Folks happily take a break from the hustle and bustle the season brings.
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Chloe Gorman,
Country Living,
19 Oct. 2022
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All four children are happily married and to the best of my knowledge not on drugs or in prison.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2021
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The room, the music, the service and, happily, the food, is indisputably sunny.
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Mara Severin | Eating Out,
Anchorage Daily News,
27 Apr. 2023
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This can be fun at times; one brother, sauntering naked down a country road (there’s a fair bit of crumbly nudity), waves happily to a passing train then later rails against moles — moles!
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 July 2025
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In the film, the family is witnessing a newer romance, but in real life, many of the cast members have been happily married for several years.
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Ariana Quihuiz,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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