How to Use happily in a Sentence

happily

adverb
  • They lived happily ever after.
  • We happily accept credit cards.
  • They have been happily married for 12 years.
  • The dog’s rump is attached to the front of the bird, and the result trots happily along.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The two have since moved passed it, and are still happily in love.
    — Haley Kluge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
  • All of that could live happily on CNN.com, and may have to.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The group kneaded and rolled out the dough and joked happily.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In Detroit, the month of March is happily welcomed for the warmer days still ahead.
    — Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2022
  • And Williams, as a number of tabloids will happily tell you, is straight.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Servers speak English and will happily walk you through the menu.
    — Andy Wang, Robb Report, 7 July 2021
  • But while their children grow up happily, the idyll comes to an end.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Oct. 2022
  • In one shot, William is seen happily posing with the man.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 June 2022
  • But then, having achieved mastery over the Sphere, Phish will happily put it in the past.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The second part of the clip shows Snow happily lounging in the foster mom's bed.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • On a hill about 50 yards away, a half dozen of them were happily munching grass.
    — Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But the war is not over, and Han and Leia will have to fight for their happily ever after.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • This is one of life's headaches that can be resolved happily.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The kitchen would happily customize any dish on the kid's menu, too.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The rapper happily agreed and was planning to hand out the food on Friday.
    — Adrian Sainz, ajc, 18 Nov. 2021
  • My eldest child took to it like a fish to water and danced (happily) for many years.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Fast forward a few years, and the pair is now happily married with two kids.
    — Jessica Booth, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022
  • But this version is easy to make and a go-to condiment that will happily live in your fridge for at least a week.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • The 13-year-old is a Kansas City Chiefs fan and will happily join in on the Sunday football fun.
    — The Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Folks happily take a break from the hustle and bustle the season brings.
    — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
  • All four children are happily married and to the best of my knowledge not on drugs or in prison.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2021
  • The room, the music, the service and, happily, the food, is indisputably sunny.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In the photos, Usher grins at his youngest son, and there's a video of the baby giggling happily.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • Yang compiles the list and will happily dole out advice.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The co-hosts made sure to clarify that Joy's daughter Eve is now happily married — and Paul is too.
    — Julia Moore, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • Mumbai, the Maximum City, was lost but happily found again.
    — Footwear News, 24 June 2025

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