How to use happily in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Happily means in a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness. Example: “This time next month I’ll be happily fishing at the beach.”

Examples of happily by meaning

adverbIn a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

This time next month I’ll be happily fishing at the beach.
Happily, Southeastern is worthy of praise for having made The Sun for something positive.2024 February 21, Nick Brodrick, “Inclusion and development for all”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 62

adverbBy good chance; fortunately, successfully.

Watt wore, on his feet, a boot, brown in colour, and a shoe, happily of a brownish colour also.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

adverbWith good will; in all happiness; willingly.

I will happily help you look for your lost wallet.

More sentences with happily

It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.From the entry live
The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.From the entry crumb
They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.From the entry fall in love
The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.From the entry oink
After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.From the entry at last
The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.From the entry move on
The baby smiled happily as he was pushed along in the bockety pram.From the entry bockety
My dearest wish is to see them happily married.From the entry wish
We are humming happily along with the music.From the entry hum
She bounced happily into the room.From the entry bounce
And they lived happily ever after.From the entry happily ever after
I'd happily use both weights for scarves, shawls, and other wearables.2026, Samantha Haring, “A Pair of New Tencels for Effortless Weaving”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 75. From the entry wearable
Romance relies on familiar narrative formulas, like the guarantee of an “H.E.A.” or “happily ever after.”2026 February 8, Alexandra Alter, “The New Fabio Is Claude”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry hea
Happily, it’s a lot easier to make than it is to track down in shops.2023 August 23, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect strawberry ice-cream – recipe”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian…. From the entry ice
It’s as you would expect, all love and longing, hearts on sleeves and happily ever afters.2021, Victoria McFarlane, I Don’t Want You, →ISBN. From the entry hearts on sleeves
Most of my friends, though, are people I don’t know, who’d happily friended me upon request.2018, Tommy Orange, “Edwin Black”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry friend
But, I can very happily report that I love my foobs.2018 October 23, Sara Altschule, “I Had A Double Mastectomy To Lower My Genetic Risk Of Cancer A Month Ago. Here's How I'm Doing Now”, in…. From the entry foob
At the end of the latter, Yorke happily led an audience singalong.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in Katharine Viner, editor…. From the entry doubtless
He was happily picking up cashewnuts when he felt a hot burning sensation on his leg.2017 July, “Snakes and blunders”, in Daily Nation. From the entry cashewnut
When my friends come to visit me, my dog happily offers a pawshake to everyone.2015, G. E. Giam, Model Compositions Series (Primary 1) (page 161). From the entry pawshake
They got married, had a few kids, and lived happily ever after.2014 August 19, Rick Riordan, “You Gotta Love Aphrodite”, in Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, New York, N.Y.: Disney Hyperion Books, →ISBN…. From the entry happily ever after
The vast majority of women, freebirthers believe, could give birth more safely and happily without medical involvement.2013 September 14, Joanna Moorhead, “Freebirthing: is giving birth without medical support safe?”, in The Guardian. From the entry freebirther
I shouted happily and ran over to him, giving him a loud smacky kiss on the lips.2013, Lilian Carmine, The Lost Boys. From the entry smacky
I'm sure somebody somewhere is happily making buggy whips at some level.2012 June 12, Rebecca J. Rosen, quoting Thomas Keane, “Pay Phones: A Technology for the Poor That's About to Get Left Hanging”, in The…. From the entry buggy whip
Happily The Delaunay is a few tippy-taps away and lobster roll has joined the menu.2012 July 18, Fay Maschler, “Five Things Fay Ate This Week”, in Evening Standard, page 30. From the entry tippy-tap
That'll make getting these frames up there a lot easier than using the high-reach” Art happily states.2010, Paul Husker, Invasion of the Hardhats, →ISBN. From the entry buck-hoist
Podestrians, as they've been labeled, wander blindly into moving traffic, smiling happily to Neil diamond.2010 January 26, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, The Contemporary Goffman (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought), Routledge, →ISBN…. From the entry podestrian
The gleefully frugal happily seek new ways to economize and take pride in outsaving the Joneses.2009 April 11, Matt Richtel, “Austere Times? Perfect”, in New York Times. From the entry outsave
I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language.2008 April 9, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Ving, Vang, Vong. Or, the Pleasures of a New Vocabulary.”, in New York Times. From the entry fogbank
And as a result, much of Europe and Islam are now happily free of Jews.2007, “The Un/Binding and Sacrificing of Isaac: Isaac, Judaism, Israel, Some Poems, and My Life”, in Mishael M. Caspi, John T. Greene…. From the entry holocaust
In short, it's a weapon and will happily dust a Porsche as easy as brushing your teeth.2006 May 12, Joshua Dowling, “Brains or brawn”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry weapon
There I am happily munching away on a Pollywaffle then someone hands me a Snickers funsize.2004, Mark Brandon Read, “Sex and the Single Psychopath”, in Chopper 4: Happiness Is a Warm Gun, John Blake, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry funsize
Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area.2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy, Red Wheel, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry eep
I had to know. ¶ “Fear of getting wrinkles,” he sighed happily.1996, Emily Rodda, “Piece by piece” (chapter 12), in Dirty Tricks (Raven Hill Mysteries; 5), New York, N. Y.: Scholastic Inc., published…. From the entry rhytiphobia
You're Nicholas Lee, the detective who got fired 'cos of us!” Nina exclaimed happily.1996 May 21, Jesse Brian Taylor, “SG: Tornado Knights #10 (2/2)”, in bit.listserv.superguy (Usenet), retrieved 07 Feb 2017, message-ID…. From the entry facepalm
We did that for one year and happily went back to serving beer and blog.1994 June 7, David E Romm, “Re: To Ghost or Not To Ghost...”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry blog

Meaning of happily

adverb In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
adverb By good chance; fortunately, successfully.
adverb With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

Full definition of happily

Questions about happily in a sentence

How do you use happily in a sentence?: Happily is used as an adverb. For example: “This time next month I’ll be happily fishing at the beach.”
What is a short sentence with happily?: “And they lived happily ever after.”
What does happily mean?: Happily means in a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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