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Webster 1913 Edition
Happily
1.
By chance; peradventure; haply.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
2.
By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
Preferred by conquest,
happily
o’erthrown. Waller.
3.
In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances;
as, he lived
. happily
with his wife4.
With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.
Syn. – Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
Webster 1828 Edition
Happily
HAP'PILY
,adv.
Preferr'd by conquest, happily o'erthrown.
1.
In a happy state; in a state of felicity. He lived happily with his consort.
2.
With address or dexterity; gracefully; in a manner to ensure success. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
3.
By chance. [See Haply.]