adj.
1 feeling pleasure
VERBS
▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪
Outwardly the couple appeared ~.
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Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time.
▪ become
▪ make sb
▪
Money won't make you ~.
▪ keep sb
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He went home from time to time, to keep his mother ~.
▪ die
▪
I can die ~ knowing that I have achieved this.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ only too , particularly
▪
We'd be only too ~ to accept your invitation.
▪ completely , perfectly
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Dad seemed perfectly ~ with my explanation.
▪ genuinely , truly
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For the first time in her life, she felt truly ~.
▪ far from , not altogether , not at all , not entirely , not exactly , not particularly , not too , not totally
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Her boss was not entirely ~ about the situation.
▪ relatively
▪ just
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I'm just ~ to be back home.
▪ amazingly , blissfully , deliriously , ecstatically , ridiculously , strangely , surprisingly
▪ clearly , obviously
PREPOSITION
▪ about
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I'm not too ~ about her attitude.
▪ for
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So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really ~ for you!
▪ with
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I was quite ~ with the way things went.
2 giving pleasure
VERBS
▪ be , seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ gloriously ( esp. BrE ), particularly , wonderfully
▪
It had been a wonderfully ~ time.
▪ quite
Happy is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ association , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ balance , ↑ chance , ↑ childhood , ↑ choice , ↑ coincidence , ↑ collaboration , ↑ combination , ↑ compromise , ↑ couple , ↑ customer , ↑ day , ↑ disposition , ↑ ending , ↑ event , ↑ face , ↑ family , ↑ girl , ↑ grin , ↑ home , ↑ hour , ↑ knack , ↑ laughter , ↑ life , ↑ marriage , ↑ memory , ↑ mood , ↑ news , ↑ occasion , ↑ old age , ↑ outcome , ↑ pair , ↑ people , ↑ period , ↑ person , ↑ relationship , ↑ retirement , ↑ return , ↑ reunion , ↑ self , ↑ shopper , ↑ situation , ↑ smile , ↑ tear , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ tune , ↑ year