I’m a happily married man.happilyhap‧pi‧ly /ˈhæpəli/ ●●○ adverb 
Michelle smiled happily. I’m a happily married man. So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).2[sentence adverb] fortunately: Happily, his injuries were not serious.3very willingly: I’d happily go for you. Most restaurants will happily accept payment by credit card.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Happily, Bruce's injuries were not serious.
- The puppy wagged its tail happily.
- A few artists will happily take on custom jobs.
- Colombine rejects Harlequin, and she and Pierrot live happily ever after.
- I find I can get along quite happily with a few dozen.
- I imagined the ribbon of my life happily unfurling before me.
- Now he had his real orders, from his own memsab; he ascended the ladder happily.
- Second, software houses are happily riding the wave of innovation that the Internet has set off.
- With the 3.9iSE Vogue, the Range Rover continues happily to wear the crown.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I’m a happily married man. So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). Some people like to live dangerously. Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can.
I’m a happily married man. So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life). The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). Some people like to live dangerously. Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can. (=in a happy relationship with your husband or wife)· I have been happily married for nine years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· You asked me how I stayed happily married and I replied.· He has a daughter of 23 by his first marriage and is happily married to his second wife Jenny.· When they met she was happily married to her first husband Laurie Brown, a member of Manchester United's back-room staff.· Pagan and I are happily married, with babies as well as jobs.· She was a large lady, happily married with three kids, without a chemical trace of inhibition in her body.· He was a quiet, apparently happily married man with no enemies.· Once again, I was restless and unfulfilled, though I now had a successful business and was happily married.· He was a short, energetic man, modest in his tastes and happily married, though childless.
VERB· Imagine the joy of our mentors when we recognize what is going on and happily accept and welcome this process.· The gift, which he happily accepted, took effect Jan. 1.· Especially when the players themselves happily accept the high stakes for which they play, gambling with their bodies.· Each then happily accepted her biological baby.· Shopkeepers, garage owners, hoteliers etc., will happily accept such cheques knowing they will receive their money.
· And he happily agreed to donate the pumpkin for a charity event in which contestants would guess how many seeds it contained.· Cook agreed happily, but only if he could follow the bus in his pickup truck.· When he asked her to be his wife, Sethe happily agreed and then was stuck not knowing the next step.
· Everyone chatted happily, except Susan, who sat alone, not looking up from the magazine she was reading.· It is not heart-felt, and the two opponents will happily chat away out of sight of the cameras afterwards.· But Christopher Taylor will happily chat to you in any one of 18 languages.· The conductor was still chatting happily.· Elaine was now chatting happily with Francis, and Bernice had learnt more about the strangely anachronistic civilization of Arcadia.· They left sticking close to their father and chatting happily to the crowds.
· The story ended happily, sort of.· This would explain why most children placed by her are cases that end happily ever after.· Maybe she shut her eyes for a moment and tried to tell herself that things might still end happily.· I was tired of pretending that any stories in which I figured could ever end happily.
· Yet traditionally football and business have not lived happily together.· Perseus and Andromeda lived happily ever after.· And everyone will live happily ever after.· She knew that she would not have lived happily ever after with Peter Datchett.· He lived happily thus for a long time; then he made the gods angry.· And they both lived happily ever after.· Later they had a son named Bastianelo, and the family lived happily ever after.
· He has grown-up children from that, and is now happily married for a second time with a young son, Jamie.· Both single people and unhappily married people report poorer health than peo-ple who are happily married or partnered.· The catch is these two are more or less happily married -- to other people.· This struck me as one of those existential moments in the life of a happily married woman.· He was a phys ed teacher, and happily married, with two young daughters.· He was a happily married man.· I think it made happily married men review their vows.· When the princess saw him, she loved him too, and they were very happily married.
· But Christopher was playing happily in hospital last night after making an astounding recovery.· We stripped our-selves naked and were happily playing doctor by the time our parents found us.
· I settled happily before the blazing fire, musing upon the stupidity of salmon fishing and certain of my friends.· Organizations that make them often find themselves settling happily into the healthy habit of regular truth-telling.· But you can also settle happily for the sublime views that you have from this generously turf Ed upland.· Seventeen Joan settled happily into her new and temporary abode.
· The broth was smiling happily, still clear and unclouded.· She smiled happily at him and took his hand.· Lawrence was nodding, smiling happily.· The bell went and Sam stood up, smiling happily.· Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home.
· A jet pilot will happily take off in weather that would ground micro-light pilots.· A few artists will happily take on custom jobs.· I needed them as much as they needed me and I happily took the rough with the smooth.· When a brownie adopts a house he happily takes responsibility for many household tasks, which he performs at night.· The annoying part is the main players will happily take over playing likely won't do them al properly.· I'd happily take this camera on my adventurous travels.
WORD FAMILYnounhappiness ≠ unhappinessadjectivehappy ≠ unhappyadverbhappily ≠ unhappily
1in a happy way: Michelle smiled happily. I’m a happily married man. So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).2[sentence adverb] fortunately: Happily, his injuries were not serious.3very willingly: I’d happily go for you. Most restaurants will happily accept payment by credit card.