happy
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
How often you will meet it
Rank 387 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 50,817 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.024% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure a happy smilespent many happy days on the beach
- marked by good fortune also: felicitous a felicitous lifea happy outcome
- eagerly disposed to act or to be of service also: glad glad to help
- well expressed and to the point also: well-chosen a happy turn of phrasea few well-chosen words
happy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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It means so much to them, and only forty-five can go away happy.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Happy it was for us, when, upon the signal given, they ventured out their boats to save our lives.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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It was, indeed, a morning that might have made anyone happy, even with no Golden River to seek for.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Long waits between the acts, tardiness in beginning the performance, and all delays do much to destroy an otherwise happy impression.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1