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An example use of happiness in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… like my level of happiness has peaked …”
Happiness is a state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
the word happiness occurs in english on average 17.1 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.