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pi/ adj. (hap•pier, hap•pi•est) FEELING / GIVING PLEASURE
1 ~ (to do sth)| ~ (for sb)| ~ (that ... ) feeling or showing pleasure; pleased: a happy smile / face
You don’t look very happy today. We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter. I’m very happy for you. 
note at glad2 giving or causing pleasure: a happy marriage / memory / childhood
The story has a happy ending. Those were the happiest days of my life.AT CELEBRATION
3 if you wish sb a Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, etc. you mean that you hope they have a pleasant celebration
SATISFIED
4 ~ (with / about sb/sth) satisfied that sth is good or right; not anxious: Are you happy with that arrangement?
If there’s anything you’re not happy about, come and ask. I’m not happy with his work this term. She was happy enough with her performance. I’m not too happy about her living alone. I said I’d go just to keep him happy.WILLING
5 ~ to do sth (formal) willing or pleased to do sth: I’m happy to leave it till tomorrow.
He will be more than happy to come with us.LUCKY
6 lucky; successful
fortunate: By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time. He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money.SUITABLE
7 (formal) (of words, ideas or behaviour) suitable and appropriate for a particular situation: That wasn’t the happiest choice of words.
hap•pi•ness noun [U]: to find true happiness Her eyes shone with happiness. Their grandchildren are a constant source of happiness. note at satisfaction 
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vent the birth of a baby a / the happy medium something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing sth: She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy. not a happy bunny (BrE) (NAmE not a happy camper) (informal) not pleased about a situation: She wasn’t a happy bunny at all. many happy returns (of the day) used to wish sb a happy and pleasant birthday—more at mean n.
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