happily

happily
adverb The child smiled happily; Happily, (= Fortunately,) she arrived home safely.) felizmente, alegremente, dichosamente
happily adv alegremente / felizmente
happily
tr['hæpɪlɪ]
adverb
1 (in a happy way) felizmente, con alegría
2 (luckily) afortunadamente
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
and they lived happily ever after y vivieron felices para siempre más, vivieron felices y comieron perdices
happily
adv.
• afortunadamente adv.
• felizmente adv.
'hæpəli, 'hæpɪli
adverb
1)
a) <smile/laugh> alegremente

... and they lived happily ever after — (set phrase) ... y vivieron felices y comieron perdices (fr hecha)

it all ended happily — tuvo un final feliz

to be happily married — ser* feliz en el matrimonio

b) (willingly, gladly) (usu before vb) <help> con mucho gusto

he'll quite happily eat six eggs for breakfast — es muy capaz de comerse seis huevos en el desayuno

2) (fortunately) (indep) por suerte, afortunadamente
['hæpɪlɪ]
ADV
1) (=contentedly) [smile, say, play] alegremente, felizmente

it all ended happily — todo acabó felizmente, todo tuvo un final feliz

they lived happily together for many years — vivieron los dos felices durante muchos años

I'm a happily married man — soy un hombre feliz en mi matrimonio

he said he would happily lend us the money — dijo que nos dejaría el dinero con mucho gusto, dijo que gustosamente nos dejaría el dinero

2) (=without difficulty) sin ningún problema

Muslims and Catholics live happily together here — musulmanes y católicos conviven aquí sin ningún problema

blackberries will grow happily in any good soil — las moras crecen bien en cualquier tipo de tierra

she'll happily spend £100 on a dress — se puede gastar 100 libras en un vestido tan tranquilamente

3) (=fortunately) afortunadamente, por fortuna

happily, no one was hurt — afortunadamente or por fortuna, nadie resultó herido

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['hæpəli, 'hæpɪli]
adverb
1)
a) <smile/laugh> alegremente

... and they lived happily ever after — (set phrase) ... y vivieron felices y comieron perdices (fr hecha)

it all ended happily — tuvo un final feliz

to be happily married — ser* feliz en el matrimonio

b) (willingly, gladly) (usu before vb) <help> con mucho gusto

he'll quite happily eat six eggs for breakfast — es muy capaz de comerse seis huevos en el desayuno

2) (fortunately) (indep) por suerte, afortunadamente

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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