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I’m happy I’m not a freshman right now because I think that my dorm experience is something I never would have wanted to give up.
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In fact, I was the kid who, if I got called up in front of the class, was not happy to publicly speak.
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It’s a way to keep the ice-cream makers happy while saving the rainforest, and it can be scaled up now.
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Zoom happy hours and small dinner parties are the pandemic’s new social scenes and co*cktails should be part of this home experience.
Rodríguez, who now lives in Arizona, in a message she sent to the Blade said she was very happy when Moreno called her and told her she had won her case.
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So, as far as Mexican officials like Peña Nieto are concerned, the goal is to keep their countrymen here — and keep them happy.
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How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
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He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.
The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.
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“We wish each and every one of you a happy and safe new year,” Giorgio said at the very end.
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And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
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Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.
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Liszt gazed at "his Hans," as he calls him, with the fondest pride, and seemed perfectly happy over his arrival.
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M'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.
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He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.
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What are other ways to sayhappy?
Happy is an adjective that emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Fortunate implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circ*mstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment.Lucky, a more colloquial word, is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day.
On this page you'll find 193 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to happy, such as: cheerful, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, and glad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
