HAPPILY in a Sentence

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For HAPPILY, below is one of 86 sentences:
The old sow had finally been captured and she and her brood rooted and grunted happily under the house where they were penned.

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 Meanings and Examples of HAPPILY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
happily
 ad.  in an unexpectedly lucky way
 ad.  in a joyous manner
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  Gerald was disappointed, for he had wanted a son, but he nevertheless was pleased enough over his small black-haired daughter to serve rum to every slave at Tara and to get roaringly, happily drunk himself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Of the swiftly scampering child, all that now remained were two tiny feet, inadequate to her weight, and a tendency to prattle happily and aimlessly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  But, all in all, life went on as happily as was possible under the circumstances.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Everyone looked happily tired as they waved to her again and she returned their greetings drearily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Then she dismissed Captain Butler from her mind as she happily viewed her reflection, remembering how Ashley had always liked her dimples.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  "Oh, Ashley," she whispered happily, thrilling at his words and his touch on her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  The old sow had finally been captured and she and her brood rooted and grunted happily under the house where they were penned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  "Dreadfully," answered Suellen, happily beckoning with a smile to Frank.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  And if the war had not come I would have lived out my life, happily buried at Twelve Oaks, contentedly watching life go by and never being a part of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Aunt Pitty prattled on happily, pleased as a child at having an audience.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  He breathed heavily and happily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
12  Wade went dancing out happily, calling to Pork, and Rhett picked up the baby again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
13  But nothing should come out; and happily for his side of the case, the dirty rags, however pieced together, could not, without considerable difficulty, be turned into a homogeneous grievance.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
14  "Some time I'll have a mahogany tea-table," she said happily.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  But the wheat and grass were sleek velvet under the sunset; the prairie clouds were tawny gold; and she swung happily into Main Street.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  The children romped happily around/about in the garden.
2  The baby sat in his high-chair,burbling happily.
3  May the people of the nation live happily and wealthily this upcoming year.
4  I'd happily offer to help him if I thought it would make any difference.
5  In our life we are laughing more happily than anybody else.
6  The two communities exist happily side by side.
7  The light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.
8  She still tries to maintain the fiction that she is happily married.
9  I think we can manage quite happily on our own.
10  She hauled me to the washstand, inflicted a merciless, but happily brief scrub on my face and hands with soap, water, and a coarse towel.
11  Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.