Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With or by favorable chance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lucky manner; fortunately; by good fortune; with a favorable issue: as, luckily we escaped injury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense.
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- adverb In a
lucky manner; by goodfortune ;fortunately .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by good fortune
Etymologies
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Examples
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Once you do, you should be able to add things to the bucket, which luckily is already filled with water.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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And luckily is made stronger by the experience rather than broken by it.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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And luckily is made stronger by the experience rather than broken by it.
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The third snack, Chivda luckily is very easy to make.
Archive 2005-09-01 Nupur 2005
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It was not the first time that Raymon had seen a woman take love seriously, although such cases are rare, luckily for society; but he knew that promises of love do not bind the honor, again luckily for society.
Indiana 1900
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So little can you do so, that it would have remained a disputed question -- had not the name luckily been inscribed on some Syracusan coins -- whether the head upon them was meant for Arethusa at all; and, continually, it becomes a question respecting finished statues, if without attributes,
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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And why "luckily" - if you had let the Jocks stay you might have invented something, a tyre say, or a telephone or even penicillin or antisepsis (Just couldn't resist that - and I'm not even a Jock!).
Army Rumour Service 2010
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And why "luckily" - if you had let the Jocks stay you might have invented something, a tyre say, or a telephone or even penicillin or antisepsis (Just couldn't resist that - and I'm not even a Jock!).
Army Rumour Service 2010
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a disputed question -- had not the name luckily been inscribed on some
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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The hard drive itself, luckily, is fine, so I haven’t lost anything, it’s just inconvenient to get to.
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