/feliθˈmente/
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Translation
happily, fortunately
Word origin
From feliz ('happy'), from Latin felix ('fruitful, fortunate'), with the adverbial suffix -mente. The same root gives English 'felicity' and 'felicitations'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- felix
- English cognates
- felicity, felicitations
Examples
, .
Fortunately, everything turned out better than we expected.
muchos .
The couple lived happily for many years.
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Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident.
¡ arreglarlo!
Happily we are still in time to fix it!
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The child played happily in the garden all afternoon.
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