Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being lucky or fortunate; good fortune; favorable issue or event.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being lucky.
- noun Good fortune; favorable issue or event.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
lucky ;good luck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
Etymologies
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Examples
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How much does "luckiness" factor into game outcomes in the NFL?
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How much does "luckiness" factor into game outcomes in the NFL?
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How much does "luckiness" factor into game outcomes in the NFL?
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"luckiness" attached to some of them (as when mince-pies, eaten in different houses during the Twelve Days, bring a happy month each) makes one suspect some more serious original purpose than mere gratification of the appetite.
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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To put your mind at ease, the luckiness of only being clumsy when pregnant will be a weight off your mind in a couple of months time.
knocked update 2009
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Try the very recent Happy-Go-Lucky, which takes the notion of happiness (and luckiness) and makes a stunningly lovely and touching film from it, without sentimentality, pretention, or brutality.
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She will open these boxes, these are the sum of her luckiness.
Prescriptive 2010
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But I also know that I stuck with it in part due to my own luckiness, i.e., my own enjoyment.
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If he had to go there -- if he was that committed to digging deep and pulling up the perfect character to illustrate the blend of inkiness/luckiness that is Obama -- what made Felix so special?
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Her methods do produce results, but how much of that has to do with her luckiness?
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