Word Study
luckily
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial luckily has 1 sense
- luckily(r = adv.all) as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately - by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" Antonym: unluckily
CIDE DICTIONARY
luckily, adv. [From Lucky.].
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
luckily, adv.
1 (qualifying a whole sentence or clause) fortunately (luckily there was enough food).
2 in a lucky or fortunate manner.
1 (qualifying a whole sentence or clause) fortunately (luckily there was enough food).
2 in a lucky or fortunate manner.
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