[From Happy.]

1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.

Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown.

3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.

4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.

Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy