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Definition of hapy

"hapy" is probably misspelled. Trying happy instead Definition of happy

1. happy [ a ] enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune
Examples: "a happy smile" "spent many happy days on the beach" "a happy marriage"

Used in print:

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` We 're just real happy for the players '' , Coach Bill_Meek said of the 9 - 7 victory over the Air_Force_Academy .

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

If it 's true that contented cows give more milk , why should n't happy ball players produce more base_hits ?

Now , apparently happier under new managers , Mays and Mantle , the perfect players , are behaving as though they 're going_to pass those previous peaks .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Thereafter the audience waxed applause happy , but discriminating operagoers reserved judgment as her singing showed signs of strain , her musicianship some questionable procedure and her acting uncomfortable stylization .

(The Providence Journal...)

This is one of the happier events of the season .

Synonyms happy Related Terms unhappy golden blissful laughing bright joyful blessed elysian halcyon glad contented joyous cheerful euphoric felicitous elated joyful happiness happiness

2. happy [ a ] experiencing pleasure or joy
Examples: "happy you are here" "pleased with the good news"

Used in print:

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Willie 's wonderful walloping Sunday - four home_runs - served merely to emphasize how happy he is to be playing for Alvin_Dark .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

About the Pro_Arte 's contribution I am less happy .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

`` When that woman found me and told me that you needed me I was never so happy since before the war '' .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Pat took Eileen and me out to dinner at a swell steak_house and told us with tears in his eyes how happy he was we had come together again .

Synonyms happy pleased Related Terms glad

3. happy [ a ] marked by good fortune
Examples: "a felicitous life" "a happy outcome"

Used in print:

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Poor_devil he can n't have been too happy either .

Synonyms happy felicitous Related Terms fortunate

4. happy [ a ] satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment
Examples: "felt content with her lot" "quite happy to let things go on as they are"

Used in print:

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

He was happy enough to take the convertible and race up the hill to the Blevins ' , thinking that they might give him a drink .

Synonyms happy content Related Terms contented

5. happy [ a ] well expressed and to the point
Examples: "a happy turn of phrase" "a few well-chosen words" "a felicitous comment"

Synonyms well-chosen happy Related Terms felicitous

6. happy [ a ] well expressed and to the point
Examples: "a happy turn of phrase" "a few well-chosen words" "a felicitous comment"

Synonyms well-chosen happy Related Terms felicitous

7. happy [ a ] exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Synonyms euphoric happy Related Terms dysphoric euphoriant expansive elated

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