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Happily vs Inherent - What's the difference?

happily | inherent |

As an adverb happily

is (archaic) by chance; perhaps.

As an adjective inherent is

inherent.

happily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (archaic) By chance; perhaps.
  • *, II.12:
    • And who knoweth whether a thousand yeares hence a third opinion will rise, which happily shall overthrow these two precedents?
  • By good chance; fortunately, successfully.
  • In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
  • * 1808 , Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe , Minerva Press for Lane and Newman, page 311:
    • And thus I have given the first part of a life of fortune and adventure, a life of Providence's chequer-work, and of a variety which the world will seldom be able to shew the like of: beginning foolishly, but closing much more happily than any part of it ever gave me leave to much as to hope for.
  • With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

    • inherent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Naturally as part or consequence of something.
  • * (Lyn Beth Neylon)
    • You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with inherit .

    Related terms

    * adherent * coherent * inhere * inherence * inherency * inherently

    Antonyms

    * extrinsic

    Synonyms

    * ingrained

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