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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But the rarity or fluky quality of an accomplishment only gives it so much staying power.
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
And this was no fluky occurrence.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Sep. 2025
Massed information, on the other hand — a singular burst of chemicals or an all-night cram session — might represent a fluky event in a more chaotic environment.
—Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025
This team's haul of 10 goals (by six different players) in three knockout games in this tournament is staggering, but there has been nothing fluky about it.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
And this was no fluky occurrence.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Sep. 2025
Massed information, on the other hand — a singular burst of chemicals or an all-night cram session — might represent a fluky event in a more chaotic environment.
—Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025
This team's haul of 10 goals (by six different players) in three knockout games in this tournament is staggering, but there has been nothing fluky about it.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fluky
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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