Usually means: Joyful, unending bliss following challenges.
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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word happily ever after:

General (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. happily ever after: Wiktionary
  2. Happily Ever After (Charmed), Happily Ever After (EP), Happily Ever After (Lost), Happily Ever After (Magic Kingdom), Happily Ever After (song), Happily Ever After: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. happily ever after: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (happily ever after)

adverb:  (idiomatic) Chiefly preceded by he, she, they, etc., lived: often used as a formulaic ending in fairy tales, stories for children, and similar works: in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives.
noun:  (narratology) A story, or a conclusion to a story, in which all the loose ends of the plot are tied up, and all the main characters are left in a state of contentment or happiness.
noun:  (by extension) A happy period of time which is imagined never to end; specifically, the state of happiness in which one or more people (typically a loving couple) dwell for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives.

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