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English[]
Pronunciation[]
Etymology[]
From Middle English hap (“‘chance’”) + -y
Adjective[]
Happy (comparative happ, superlative ier)
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- Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire.
- Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them - Boyle
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
- Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord - Psalm 144:15
- The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more - Alexander Pope
- Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
- One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder - Jonathan Swift
- Content (to do something); having no objection (to something).
- Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
Usage notes[]
- (favored by hap, luck or fortune): Said of expedients, efforts, ventures, omens, etc.
- (experiencing the effect of favorable fortune): Said of people, hours, thoughts, times, etc.
Synonyms[]
See WikiSaurus:happy
Antonyms[]
- sad
- unhappy
Derived terms[]
terms derived from happy (adjective)
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Translations[]
enjoying peace, comfort, etc; contented, joyous
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fortunate
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dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous
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content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
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