Adjective

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Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

* 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 144, xv,

Happy' is that people, that is in such a case: yea, ' happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

* 1777 , (Alexander Pope), An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Argument of Epistle II'', in ''The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq , Volume III, page 26,

The learn'd is happy' nature to explore, / The fool is ' happy that he knows no more ;

Music makes me feel happy .

Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.

* 1661 , (Robert Boyle), (The Sceptical Chymist) , 2006, Elibron Classics (imprint), page 227,

I may presume that what I have hitherto discoursed will induce you to think, that chymists have been much more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them; or in assigning the principles by which they may best be explained.

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

* 1761 , (Jonathan Swift), A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation'': Introduction, in ''The works of Dr Jonathan Swift , Volume VII, page 246,

For instance, one lady can give an an?wer better than a?k a que?tion : one gentleman is happy at a reply ; another excels in a rejoinder : one can revive a langui?hing conver?ation by a ?udden ?urpri?ing ?entence ;.

Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?

Are you happy with your internet service provider?

(As a suffix to a noun) favouring or inclined to use, as in trigger-happy.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.

Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.

* Shaftesbury

The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.

(grammar) Neither positive nor negative.

Neither beneficial nor harmful.

* Sir J. Davies

Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.

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(biology) Having no sex; neuter.

Having no obvious colour; gray

(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.

(chemistry) Having a pH near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.