Synonyms for happily
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Adverb
1. Merrily — in a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness
merrily, joyfully, cheerfully, blithely, joyously, jubilantly, cheerily, blessedly, genially, mirthfully, gaily dated
Other
gladly, willingly, fortunately, successfully, luckily, prosperously, haply formal dated
Definitions
- adv. 1
In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
This time next month I’ll be happily fishing at the beach.
Related words
- Word family
- happiness happy
- Phrases
- happily-ever-after
- Other spellings
- hoppily
Example sentences
- cheerfully Chris followed the two and cheerfully greeted Kate.
- merrily The children were splashing merrily in the water.
- joyfully The birds fluttered joyfully from branch to branch.
- blithely They blithely ignored the rules, thinking they wouldn't face consequences.
- successfully The detective has successfully solved the mystery.
- fortunately Fortunately, Tom didn't see Mary and John kissing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| happily | rising | |
| cheerfully | rising | |
| merrily | rising | |
| joyfully | rising | |
| blithely | rising | |
| successfully | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gaily2, haply
- 6 letters
- gladly2
- 7 letters
- luckily3, merrily3
- 8 letters
- joyfully3, blithely2, joyously, cheerily, genially
- 9 letters
- willingly3, blessedly3
- 10 letters
- cheerfully3, jubilantly, mirthfully
- 11 letters
- fortunately4
- 12 letters
- successfully4, prosperously
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gaily2 = 2 syllables).