Happily

Examples

• The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At last he was happily got down without any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-stick in quite a frantic manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Happily, he was soon on another theme. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Stay here and dine, stay here and help us to spend our last evening with you as happily, as like our first evenings, as we can. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Sordo kept his eye where it was and shook his head happily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And so we were most happily disappointed to find in the sequel that the guide had even failed to rise to the magnitude of his subject. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But you mustn't fancy,' cried the gentleman, quite elated by coming so happily to his point. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• You are a good girl; he replied, and I have great pleasure in thinking you will be so happily settled. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Could it have lived an hour as happily? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• We have happily been brought together, thanks to our good kinsman, and it can't divide us now! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He sketched quickly and happily; glad at last to have the problem under his hand; glad at last actually to be engaged upon it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We got through the dinner, to all outward appearance at least, happily enough. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• That great face-- he said happily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Happily,' said Mr Rugg, with sarcasm, 'I did not so far travel out of the record as to ask the gentleman for his name. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am for the Republic, the woman of Pablo said happily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Miss Bates looked about her, so happily! Jane Austen. Emma.
• He continued to shake his head happily as Pilar went on vilifying and Robert Jordan knew that it was all right again now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Now, Miss Summerson, I'll give you a piece of advice that your husband will find useful when you are happily married and have got a family about you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Happily this change does not leave me stranded; it but hurries into premature execution designs long formed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I hope things will go happily with her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• When you and the Middletons are gone, we shall go on so quietly and happily together with our books and our music! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• As the event proved, accident came to my rescue, and happily delivered me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I don't know how happily. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Her father-in-law was extremely kind and considerate, Caddy told me, and they lived most happily together. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Happily I slipped away, and deposited that part of my conscience in my garret bedroom. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Happily for the preservation of my calmness and my courage there was time for nothing but action. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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