as in fortunately
by good fortune or luck
Luckily, none of our dishes broke during the move.
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Recent Examples of luckily
The girl ended up biting the suspect twice, and, luckily, managed to escape.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The woman said they are getting used to one another, but, luckily, there have been no fights.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Well, the good thing is that, luckily, there are many stores that are becoming more inclusive with these ingredients.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
And luckily for Samsung employees, that shift is happening for the first time.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The woman said they are getting used to one another, but, luckily, there have been no fights.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Well, the good thing is that, luckily, there are many stores that are becoming more inclusive with these ingredients.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
And luckily for Samsung employees, that shift is happening for the first time.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luckily
Adverb
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The free-agent market, fortunately, suits Toronto’s clear need.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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To combat this takes a special degree of innovation and adeptness, but fortunately, The Links Guy has proven more than capable of living up to the challenge.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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He was thankfully surrounded by teammates who have his back both on and off the field.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Having watched my first husband struggle through a brutal, but thankfully relatively quick, death from esophageal cancer 20 years ago, my diagnosis of Stage 2 breast cancer at the end of 2023 reinvigorated my desire to reprioritize living life to the fullest.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Luckily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luckily. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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