Happy and Telling

Happy

Happy adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.

Telling and happy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead an adjective "Happy".

Nearby Words: happiness, happily

Telling

Telling adjective - Having the power to persuade.

Happy and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happy" instead an adjective "Telling".

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Toshiko in Torchwood does this for Owen, to the extent that he can die happy given the circumstances, by not telling him that she's dying too.
  • Also, when K'nuckles wanted to stop hearing stories with happy endings, everybody was telling stories with various different kinds of happy endings.
  • However, instead of being squicked, he weeps for the man's loss, telling him that he'd have been happy with a simple plate of rice.
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