variants or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
used especially of wind

Examples of fluky in a Sentence

a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery
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Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fluky was in 1867

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Cite this Entry

“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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