luckily

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luckily

  • /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ UK, US
  • /ˈlʌk.ə.li/ UK, US

adverb more luckily · most luckily

  1. In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately. They luckily escaped injury.

Opposite: unfortunately, unluckily

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fortunately, fortuitously, lucky, fortunate, luck, thankfully, hopefully, mercifully, chance, happiness, happily, merrily, serendipitously, providentially, blessedly, miraculously

adverb

Opposite: unfortunately, unluckily

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adv in a lucky manner

Españolafortunadamente, por suerte, por fortuna, dichosamente, menos mal
한국어운 좋게, 다행(多幸)히 dahaenghi
日本語幸いにも saiwainimo, 運良く unyoku
中文好在 hǎozài, 所幸 suǒxìng, 幸而 xìng'ér
Portuguêsfelizmente, por sorte
Françaisheureusement
Deutschglücklicherweise, auf glückliche Weise, mit Glück, zum Glück
Italianofortunatamente, meno male
Românădin fericire
Русскийк сча́стью k sčástʹju, по счастливой случайности po sčastlivoj slučajnosti
Tiếng Việtmay, may mắn
עבריתבכי טוב b'chi tov

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@misc{luckily_2026,
  title = {luckily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/luckily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}