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
• The group kneaded and rolled out the dough and joked happily.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Folks happily take a break from the hustle and bustle the season brings.
  — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
• 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
• In the clip, the group happily sings along to the 1983 hit, with some performers strumming along on guitars.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
• And as the group’s inclusion was a long time coming, the news was happily greeted.
  — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• And so is the director and the producer and, happily, so is AMC.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
• But while there are a rainbow of hues designers would happily coat a room in, some shades a hard pass for the pros.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
• Poles happily slid back 20 spots and picked up an extra sixth-rounder.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
• At the time of the bombing, Marsha was happily married, with a 21-year-old son, Cody, and a daughter, Frankie, 23.
  — Bonnie Miller Rubin, Good Housekeeping, 9 Oct. 2022
• The Woolworth heiress was in her bath happily chatting with her masseuse, the bathroom door ajar.
  — Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
• Some guests happily kicked off their heels and loafers to head onto the sand, while others cozied up around a fire pit on the deck.
  — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Tigers would happily take that from Keith in his age-22 season.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
• For much of the Seventies and Eighties, fans happily took to the cassette.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2022
• That’s a tradeoff even the biggest speed junkies are happily accepting these days.
  — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
• The film wraps everything up in a neat little bow at the end, giving it a decidedly happily ever after (and their widower dad his first chance at love since his late wife’s death).
  — Sara Belcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024