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happily

 adverb
     
hap‧pi‧ly
1 in a happy way:
Michelle smiled happily.
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.
3 very willingly:
I'd happily go for you.
Most restaurants will happily accept payment by cheque.
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