# happily

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈhæp.ɪ.li/ · frequency rank #5,970

## Definitions
1. In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
2. By good chance; fortunately, successfully.
3. With good will; in all happiness; willingly.
4. By chance; perhaps.

## Etymology
From Middle English happily, happyly, happyliche, happylyche, equivalent to happy + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **happy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/happily-vs-happy)
- **hastily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/happily-vs-hastily)
- **happier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/happier-vs-happily)
- **handily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-happily)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahppily`, `hapily`, `hapiply`, `happilly`, `happilyy`, `happiyl`, `happliy`, `hhappily`, `hpapily`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/happily