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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Happy \Hap"py\ (h[a^]p"p[y^]), a. [Compar. {Happier}
     (-p[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Happiest}.] [From {Hap} chance.]
     1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate;
        successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy
        expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
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              Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments
              than the causes of them.              --Boyle.
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     2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the
        feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of
        enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace,
        tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours,
        happy thoughts.
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              Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. --Ps.
                                                    cxliv. 15.
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              The learned is happy Nature to explore,
              The fool is happy that he knows no more. --Pope.
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     3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
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              One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in
              a in a rejoinder.                     --Swift.
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     {Happy family}, a collection of animals of different and
        hostile propensities living peaceably together in one
        cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons
        who are in fact mutually repugnant.
  
     {Happy-go-lucky}, trusting to hap or luck; improvident;
        easy-going. "Happy-go-lucky carelessness." --W. Black.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  happiest
       See {happy}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  happy
       adj 1: enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good
              fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on
              the beach"; "a happy marriage" [ant: {unhappy}]
       2: experiencing pleasure or joy; "happy you are here"; "pleased
          with the good news" [syn: {pleased}]
       3: marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy
          outcome" [syn: {felicitous}]
       4: satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment; "felt
          content with her lot"; "quite happy to let things go on as
          they are"
       5: exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation [syn: {euphoric}]
          [ant: {dysphoric}]
       6: well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase";
          "a few well-chosen words"; "a felicitous comment" [syn: {well-chosen}]
       [also: {happiest}, {happier}]

















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