Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12181 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

happelyhappily

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 672 times in 170 works
Consistency: 97.6% (672 of 688)
Reach if approved: ~723 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: happily
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 688 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (672 changes in 170 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 672)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… loue, and obedience, that when it sall please thee, whair and how wee may happelyhappily end it in Iesus Christ, beginning that joyfull morning in saule, first after the …
With rule
… loue, and obedience, that when it sall please thee, whair and how wee may happelyhappily end it in Iesus Christ, beginning that joyfull morning in saule, first after the …
James Melville · A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People · Open in the reader
Printed
If this happelyhappily trouble thee (in doin… what thou mayeſt and oughteſt) that thou ſhalt offend many …
With rule
If this happelyhappily trouble thee (in doin… what thou mayeſt and oughteſt) that thou ſhalt offend many …
Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vaine and profane, so whatsoever is builded thereupon. And yet let vs see how happelyhappily and circumspectly these Romanistes imitate the auncient Romanes: supposing that they celebrate their secular …
With rule
… vaine and profane, so whatsoever is builded thereupon. And yet let vs see how happelyhappily and circumspectly these Romanistes imitate the auncient Romanes: supposing that they celebrate their secular …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how thinck you did she lament, and wryng her handes? but the LORD, most happelyhappily méetyng her on the way, restored her sonne to lyfe agayne. So Lazarus of …
With rule
… how thinck you did she lament, and wryng her handes? but the LORD, most happelyhappily méetyng her on the way, restored her sonne to lyfe agayne. So Lazarus of …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in an other matter, for such a dash with a penne as this might happelyhappily breede a scabbe, why is it not well that he taketh our parts in …
With rule
… in an other matter, for such a dash with a penne as this might happelyhappily breede a scabbe, why is it not well that he taketh our parts in …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature of it. Secondly, he which hath an outward calling by the Church, though happelyhappily he be vnworthy and vnméet for the place whereto he is called, yet he …
With rule
… nature of it. Secondly, he which hath an outward calling by the Church, though happelyhappily he be vnworthy and vnméet for the place whereto he is called, yet he …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but rather diſcouragement from them: if thou beeſt in the condition of a childe happelyhappily thy father may be againſt thee, or thy mother, or both; if in the …
With rule
… but rather diſcouragement from them: if thou beeſt in the condition of a childe happelyhappily thy father may be againſt thee, or thy mother, or both; if in the …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
HEre now the third tyme, he deuiſeth an other way, minding to prooue, if happelyhappily this way would ſuccede. For aſmuch as in this life, which I leade in …
With rule
HEre now the third tyme, he deuiſeth an other way, minding to prooue, if happelyhappily this way would ſuccede. For aſmuch as in this life, which I leade in …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Two Treatises Against the Papists A01335

Printed
… teares, let him weaken his body with fasting, and humble his hearte with sorow? HappelyHappily the fiery sworde shall not hinder his passage after his departure, yet till the …
With rule
… teares, let him weaken his body with fasting, and humble his hearte with sorow? HappelyHappily the fiery sworde shall not hinder his passage after his departure, yet till the …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons 2 A03309

Printed
… of God shall be true: They conceiue mischiefe, but shall bring forth a lie . HappelyHappily the Lord may here and there execute some personall vengeance vpon some by them …
With rule
… of God shall be true: They conceiue mischiefe, but shall bring forth a lie . HappelyHappily the Lord may here and there execute some personall vengeance vpon some by them …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord may here and there execute some personall vengeance vpon some by them; HappelyHappily they may encrease in corners, and draw disciples after them , it beeing iust with …
With rule
… the Lord may here and there execute some personall vengeance vpon some by them; HappelyHappily they may encrease in corners, and draw disciples after them , it beeing iust with …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive A03609

Printed
… comfort, and eaſe, and ſhelter to our owne ſoules in the day of diſtreſſe. HappelyHappily God layeth a man upon his ſicke bed, and awakeneth his conſcience; and in …
With rule
… comfort, and eaſe, and ſhelter to our owne ſoules in the day of diſtreſſe. HappelyHappily God layeth a man upon his ſicke bed, and awakeneth his conſcience; and in …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a great many: but a gracious heart is of another ſtraine or temper. HappelyHappily God hath given a man parts, and gifts, and credit, and yet if the …
With rule
… of a great many: but a gracious heart is of another ſtraine or temper. HappelyHappily God hath given a man parts, and gifts, and credit, and yet if the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mourne in ſecret for thee) I ſay, what will become of thee, poore wretch? HappelyHappily thou wilt ſay, there is mercy: It's true, but thou haſt hated that mercy …
With rule
… mourne in ſecret for thee) I ſay, what will become of thee, poore wretch? HappelyHappily thou wilt ſay, there is mercy: It's true, but thou haſt hated that mercy …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 269 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04215

Printed
… therfore in comparing this action to mariage betvvene brother & ſiſter; vvho indeed cannot marry. HappelyHappily he may likelyer compare it to a couple that haue liued both of them …
With rule
… therfore in comparing this action to mariage betvvene brother & ſiſter; vvho indeed cannot marry. HappelyHappily he may likelyer compare it to a couple that haue liued both of them …
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04537

Printed
HappelyHappily you may likelyer compare it to a couple that have lived both of them …
With rule
HappelyHappily you may likelyer compare it to a couple that have lived both of them …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 212 · Open in the reader

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

Printed
… when we are puniſhed? Why doe wee not glory and reioice in our tribulations? HappelyHappily you wil ſay, that they are evill, and therefore make a queſtion, how wee …
With rule
… when we are puniſhed? Why doe wee not glory and reioice in our tribulations? HappelyHappily you wil ſay, that they are evill, and therefore make a queſtion, how wee …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

Printed
… speech, insinuating that he doth except against all others iudgement, so well as theirs. HappelyHappily some will obiect it is vnciuill and vnchristian, not to regard what men speake …
With rule
… speech, insinuating that he doth except against all others iudgement, so well as theirs. HappelyHappily some will obiect it is vnciuill and vnchristian, not to regard what men speake …
John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the Historical Books Part 2 A46811

Printed
… king David took exceeding much braſſe.] Theſe cities are called Tibhath, and Chun, 1. Chron. 18.8. HappelyHappily, becauſe their names were afterwards changed, when that hiſtory was written.
With rule
… king David took exceeding much braſſe.] Theſe cities are called Tibhath, and Chun, 1. Chron. 18.8. HappelyHappily, becauſe their names were afterwards changed, when that hiſtory was written.
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Historical Books Part 2 · p. 368 · Open in the reader
Printed
… let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction.] HappelyHappily Ahab had been expreſſely charged not to ſpare Benhadad, but however the Prophet had …
With rule
… let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction.] HappelyHappily Ahab had been expreſſely charged not to ſpare Benhadad, but however the Prophet had …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Historical Books Part 2 · p. 538 · Open in the reader

A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures A46823

Printed
HappelyHappily the ſame year wherein Levi was born of Leah.
With rule
HappelyHappily the ſame year wherein Levi was born of Leah.
Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord had ſaid of them, They ſhall ſurely die in the wilderneſſe, &c. HappelyHappily all the old company were not dead till this laſt plague, wherein foure and …
With rule
… the Lord had ſaid of them, They ſhall ſurely die in the wilderneſſe, &c. HappelyHappily all the old company were not dead till this laſt plague, wherein foure and …
Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 423 · Open in the reader