luckily
/'lʌkili/
Definition
- Adverb:
- By good fortune; in a fortunate manner: Used to indicate that something positive or desirable has happened by chance, often preventing a negative outcome or creating a beneficial situation.
Usage
- Position in a sentence: "Luckily" is typically used at the beginning of a sentence or clause to modify the entire statement, or before a verb phrase. It expresses the speaker's view that an event was fortunate.
- Function: It is used to comment on a situation, highlighting a positive, unexpected aspect of it.
Examples
- At the start of a sentence:
- Within a sentence:
Advanced Usage
- "Luckily enough": An emphatic form of "luckily."
- Contrast with "unluckily": Used to set up a contrast between a fortunate and an unfortunate event.
Variants and Related Words
- Fortunate (adjective): Having good luck; favored by fortune.
- Fortunately (adverb): A very close synonym to "luckily," often used interchangeably.
- Luck (noun): Success or failure brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.
Synonyms
- Fortunately: By good luck.
- Happily: In a fortunate or pleasing manner (archaic or formal in this sense).
- Providentially: In a way that suggests divine intervention; fortunately.
Antonyms
- Unluckily: In an unfortunate manner.
- Unfortunately: It is regrettable or unfortunate that.
- Regrettably: Used to express disappointment or apology about a situation.
Related Phrases
- As luck would have it: Used to say that something happened by chance.
- Thankfully: Used to express relief or gratitude about a situation (similar in function but emphasizing gratitude).
Adverb
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by good fortune
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fortunately the weather was good
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