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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
happy/ˈhapi/
adjective (happier, happiest)
  • 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

    ■ willing to do or accept something.

  • 2 fortunate and convenient: a happy coincidence.
  • 3 [in combination] informal inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random: trigger-happy.
– phrases
(as) happy as a sandboy (or Brit. Larry or N. Amer. a clam) extremely happy. [prob. orig. denoting a boy hawking sand for sale.]
happy hunting ground a place where success or enjoyment is obtained. [orig. referring to the optimistic hope of American Indians for good hunting grounds in the afterlife.]
– derivatives
happily adverb,
happiness noun.
– origin ME: from the noun hap + -y1.

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