Haplostemonous
(Hap`lo*stem"o*nous) a. [Gr. "aplo`os simple + sth`mwn a thread.] (Bot.) Having
but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
Haply
(Hap"ly) adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts v. 39. Happed
(Happed) p. a. [From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]
All happed with flowers in the green wood were.
Hogg. Happen
(Hap"pen) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen,
hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
There shall no evil happen to the just.
Prov. xii. 21. 2. To take place; to occur.
All these things which had happened.
Luke xxiv. 14. To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have happened on some other accounts." Graunt.
— To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
Happily
(Hap"pi*ly) adv. [From Happy.]
1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown.
Waller. 3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.
Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Pope. Syn. — Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
