Used in a Sentence

happiest

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for happiest.

Editorial note

The happiest countries in the world are Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada according to the World Happiness index.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of happiest gathered in one view.

adjective

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

adjective

(of people) Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.

adjective

(of acts, events, speech, etc.) Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for happiest.

adjective

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

adjective

(of people) Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.

adjective

(of acts, events, speech, etc.) Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious.

adjective

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.

Example sentences

1

The happiest countries in the world are Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada according to the World Happiness index.

2

Shipping an Erlang app to production was simultaneously one of the happiest and most depressing points in my career.

3

There are polls where people in Colombia are self-described as 'one of the happiest in the world'.

4

The two happiest days in a boat owner's life are the day he/she buys his boat and the day he/she sells it.

5

I personally am happiest when I'm working 70-80 hours a week and appreciate being compensated for my hard work.

6

Your goal is picked based on what makes you happiest (your utility function).

7

Ironically, the tools that are happiest about these streams are of course those tools that don't care about text but just stream bytes.

8

I dare say except for getting married it was the happiest day of her life.

9

However, at all of the happiest moments in my life the box is opened and I am reminded that we are missing the one thing that would make this moment complete.

10

When we were the happiest in our work, we had community tied to it.

11

Apparently Wittgenstein was happiest when a student _gave up_ philosophy.

12

Because while I'm still not the happiest-camper in the world I've also not reached the point again where I contemplated leaving it.

Quote examples

1

And doing it this way made me the happiest." I often think about how this mentality equates to business.

2

As someone whose twitter headline reads "The world’s happiest.

Proper noun examples

1

Happiest because it did exactly what we intended with minimal code and it was done early and under budget (yey!).

2

The 'Happiest Place on Earth' can't make headlines for laying people off.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use happiest in a sentence?

The happiest countries in the world are Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada according to the World Happiness index.

What does happiest mean?

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

What part of speech is happiest?

happiest is commonly used as adjective.