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"On and on he philosophized,quite happily unaware of the ghee in the leaf in his hand melting gradually and dripping."

In this sentence, what does "happily" emphasize, philosophized or unaware?

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Happily in this case emphasizes unaware. For happily to emphasize philosophized, the comma would need to be moved from its current position after philosophized to after happily.

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"Happily" is modifying unaware, though it is not in the sense of elation. Rather, it is in the sense of blissful ignorance.

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