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happier

UK/ˈhæpi.ə/US/ˈhæpi.ɚ/
adjectiveA2Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,108 of 15,258leans spoken

Happier means more content than before or than somebody else. Much happier, happier now, happier without it.

It is the comparative of happy, formed by changing the y to i and adding -er, which is the rule for two-syllable adjectives ending in y. Happier with means more satisfied. Note the happier the better; and that in British speech I would be happier if is one of the standard polite ways of raising an objection without appearing to — it means I think you are wrong.

Definitions of happier

  1. 1adjectivehappierMore content than before or than another.A2

    “She was happier in the second job and paid about half as much.”

happier is a comparison of contentment.

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