happy
/ˈhæpi/ adjective A1- Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. · Music makes me feel happy.
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.
- Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something). · Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?· Yes, I am happy with the decision.
- Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious. · happy coincidence
- Favoring or inclined to use. · slaphappy, trigger-happy
- Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity. · Happy birthday!· Happy Fourth of July!
Comparative happier · Superlative happiest
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It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poor Scarecrow, they could have been very happy.
“I shall take the heart,” returned the Tin Woodman; “for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one.
But my people have worn green glasses on their eyes so long that most of them think it really is an Emerald City, and it certainly is a beautiful place, abounding in jewels and precious metals, and every good thing that is needed to make one happy.
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