happy adj.
1.
propitious, favourable; phr. “in time”
Shr. Ind. i. 90, All'sW. V. i. 6, Cæs. II. ii. 60,
Ham. V. ii. 214, Oth. III. i. 32; “in a hour”
Ado IV. i. 288; “in very season”
2H4 IV. ii. 79; all
meaning ‘at an appropriate moment, in
time’; also
Rom. III. v. 112
“in happy time”
=a propos.
2.
apt, dexterous,
skilful
Gent. IV. i. 34
“Have you the
tongues?—My youthful travel
therein made me ,”
Cym. III. iv. 177
“tell him Wherein you
are happy.”
3.
appropriate, fitting,
felicitous
1H4 V. iv. 162
“I'll gild it with the
happiest terms I have,”
1H6 III. ii. 18
“this happy
stratagem,”
Tim. I. i. 16
“that happy
verse.”
