how to pronounce happily

/ˈhæpəliː/

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happily is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of happily in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i would happily walk into my pantry any …”

meanings of happily

adverb:

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.
By chance; perhaps.
In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
By good chance; fortunately, successfully.

happily frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word happily occurs in english on average 27.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics happily can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that happily can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;