luckily

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luck·i·ly

(lŭk′ə-lē)

adv.

With or by favorable chance: Luckily, the police came right away.

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luck•i•ly

(ˈlʌk ə li)

adv.

by good luck; fortunately.

[1520–30]

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Adv.

luckily - by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good"

as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately

alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily - by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

luckily

adverb fortunately, happily, by chance, as luck would have it, fortuitously, opportunely, as it chanced Luckily, we both love football.

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Translations

لِحُسْن الحَظمِنْ حُسْنِ الْـحَظِ

šťastněnaštěstí

heldigvis

glücklicherweise glücklich

ευτυχώς

afortunadamente por suerte

onneksi

heureusementpar bonheur

srećom

til allrar hamingju, sem betur fer

fortunatamente

運よく

다행히

na srečo

lyckligtvis

โชคดี

Allahtanneyse kişans eseri

may thay

幸运地

luckily

[ˈlʌkɪlɪ] ADV → afortunadamente, por suerte
luckily for me, he believed my story → afortunadamente or por suerte para mí, creyó mi historia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

luckily

[ˈlʌkɪli] adv → heureusement, par bonheur
luckily for me → heureusement pour moi

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

luckily

adv → glücklicherweise; luckily for me → zu meinem Glück

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

luckily

[ˈlʌkɪlɪ] adv → per fortuna, fortunatamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

luck

(lak) noun

1. the state of happening by chance. Whether you win or not is just luck – there's no skill involved.

2. something good which happens by chance. She has all the luck!

ˈluckless adjective

unfortunate. luckless children.

ˈlucky adjective

1. having good luck. He was very lucky to escape alive.

2. bringing good luck. a lucky number; a lucky charm.

ˈluckily adverb

ˈluckiness noun

lucky dip

a form of amusement at a fair etc in which prizes are drawn from a container without the taker seeing what he is getting.

bad luck!

an expression of sympathy for someone who has failed or been unlucky.

good luck!

an expression of encouragement made to someone who is about to take part in a competition, sit an exam etc. She wished him good luck.

worse luck!

most unfortunately!. He's allowing me to go, but he's coming too, worse luck!

luckily

→ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْـحَظِ naštěstí heldigvis glücklicherweise ευτυχώς por suerte onneksi heureusement srećom fortunatamente 運よく 다행히 toevallig heldigvis szczęśliwie felizmente к счастью lyckligtvis โชคดี neyse ki may thay 幸运地

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Constans, who was "seen by the captain to jump into the gig," luckily for us and unluckily for himself did not reach us.

I say lucky for us he did not reach us, and I might almost say luckily for himself; for we had only a small breaker of water and some soddened ship's biscuits with us, so sudden had been the alarm, so unprepared the ship for any disaster.

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The Birds that passed his perch said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Beast." Later on, some Beasts who were passing underneath him looked up and said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Bird." Luckily at the last moment peace was made, and no battle took place, so the Bat came to the Birds and wished to join in the rejoicings, but they all turned against him and he had to fly away.

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Luckily for our purpose, the country theaters are in a bad way.

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Luckily Hayward's letters came seldom, and in the intervals Philip settled down again to his industrious life.

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Luckily for him, the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair once again looked out of her window.

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The company, who were sitting in a room next the garden, were instantly alarmed, and came all forth; but just as they reached the canal, Tom (for the water was luckily pretty shallow in that part) arrived safely on shore.

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Luckily Lady Middleton's mother had arrived at Barton within the last hour, and as she was a very cheerful agreeable woman, he hoped the young ladies would not find it so very dull as they might imagine.

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But luckily the dull radiation arrested him before he could burn his hands on the still-glowing metal.

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"Luckily at that point that...the one in the mushroom hat...

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At first the violence of his fall caused him to lose consciousness, but luckily the salt which had been rubbed into his wounds had by its smarting preserved his life, and little by little he regained his strength.

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"She came alone, early on Sunday afternoon; luckily the fire was lit in the drawing-room.

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