happily

joyeusement, avec bonheur

D’une manière qui montre qu’on se sent heureux et content.

En anglais simple : In a way that shows you feel good and pleased.

• The children played happily.
• She smiled happily at her new baby.
• They have been happily married for twenty years.

Synonymes : cheerfully, joyfully

Contraires : sadly, unhappily

Expressions courantes : smile happily, happily married, happily ever after, play happily

volontiers, avec plaisir

De bon gré et avec plaisir, sans se plaindre ni se faire prier.

En anglais simple : Willingly and with pleasure, without being asked twice or complaining.

• I'll happily help you.
• He happily agreed to drive us home.
• I'd happily pay more for a comfortable seat.

Synonymes : gladly, willingly, readily

Contraires : reluctantly, unwillingly

Expressions courantes : happily help someone, happily agree, happily accept, happily pay

heureusement

Sert à dire qu’un événement heureux s’est produit par chance ou qu’une situation s’est bien terminée.

En anglais simple : Used to say that something good happened by chance or that a situation turned out well.

• Happily, nobody was hurt.
• The search ended happily when they found the child.
• Happily for Mia, a spare ticket became available.

Comment l'utiliser : happily for someone, … (Happily for us, the rain stopped before the picnic.)

Synonymes : fortunately, luckily

Contraires : unfortunately, unluckily

Expressions courantes : happily for someone, happily enough, end happily