How to pronounce “happy”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
• Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
• Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
• (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
• (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
• (rare, of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful.
• Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.
• [Noun]
• (informal, rare) A happy event, thing, person, etc.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive, informal) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
• (transitive, informal) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

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