Hap"pi*ly (?), adv. [From Happy.]
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 wife.
4.
With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.
Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Pope.
Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
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