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Happily vs. Merrily

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Happilyadverb

In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

Merrilyadverb

In a cheerful or merry way.

Happilyadverb

By good chance; fortunately, successfully.

Merrilyadverb

In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.

‘Merrily sing, and sport, and play.’;

Happilyadverb

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

‘I will happily help you look for your lost wallet.’;

Merrilyadverb

in a joyous manner;

‘they shouted happily’;

Happilyadverb

(archaic) By chance; perhaps.

Happilyadverb

By chance; peradventure; haply.

Happilyadverb

By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.

‘Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown.’;

Happilyadverb

In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.

Happilyadverb

With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.

‘Formed by thy converse, happily to steerFrom grave to gay, from lively to severe.’;

Happilyadverb

in a joyous manner;

‘they shouted happily’;

Happilyadverb

in an unexpectedly lucky way;

‘happily he was not injured’;

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