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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sort of happy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling or state that is somewhat happy but not entirely or fully so, often conveying a nuanced emotion.
Example: "After receiving the good news, I felt a sort of happy that I hadn't experienced in a long time."
Alternatives: "kind of happy" or "somewhat happy."
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Well, a sort of happy ending.
A story that belonged to another age had a sort of happy ending.
"There is a sort of happy scenario where this becomes a game-changer and creates a chain of positive consequences that really boost European growth," Mr. Véron said.
Rarely are they merely anodyne, though it is easy enough to reduce him to a sort of happy decorativeness, which Tate abets through the sale of Klee tablemats, cushion covers, scarves, tea trays and tote bags.
A sort of Happy Meal spiritual enlightenment, or nirvana in a huff of nitrous oxide.
Five years on from the bleak yet brilliant American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown finds Green Day continuing its march toward a sort of happy nihilism.
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"David has become a sort of happy-clappy right-on Christian version of Barbie's Ken, Katiee fumes, "except without Ken's rugged good looks and contoured body".
Unsurprisingly, given their limited experience, the tour seems to be run as a sort of happy-go-lucky farce.
"It used to be a sort of perky, happy conversation, even if it was nasty," Ms. Bernfield said.
Reclaiming leadership of the gang, his presence infuses events with a sort of trigger-happy nervousness.
They found him in a sort of trance, a happy smile on his face, his eyes still fixed on the dusty wake of their destroyer … "Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad, never offering to move.
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