Definition of "happily" []

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

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• "So reading about that experience and knowing that it ends happily is a consistent element of storytelling."
• "There might be a blog post along these lines, if I can find the time (the novel, happily, is occupying a lot of my time right now)."
• "No matter how many times you click your little heels together and make a wish, you might not awaken Friday morning after watching Bravo's "Real Housewives of D.C." finale only to discover it was all a bad technicolor dream that, happily, is over."