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happily

[hap-uh-lee] / ˈhæp ə li /




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Members of the general public ask for them, including for their children, and doctors happily oblige, says Mir.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

And if anything goes wrong, he’ll happily take the fall.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Or maybe, Elizabeth Goldring impishly suggests in “Holbein: Renaissance Master,” he meant that he’d happily take Communion if only the table were more beautiful—dressed up, say, like a Catholic altar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

What a thing it would be if America could see this story end happily, constructively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She knew nothing about Lady Constance’s postal disappointments, since she herself had been happily occupied all day, strolling the parks of London while studying latitude and longitude with the children.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood