LUCKILY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

luckily

adverb

Definition of luckily next

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 Colbert gave Byron Allen, who’s taking over the Late Show timeslot, a quick FaceTime call, and luckily, Allen picked up and was more than happy to chat with an old friend. —

Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 May 2026 During a struggle, an officer’s gun was discharged but luckily did not hit anyone. —

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 And luckily my friends and coworkers didn’t either. —

Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 Between the two homes, four people were luckily able to escape and the firefighter who was injured was going to be OK. —

Jessica Riley, CBS News, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for luckily

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Al-Nassr Ronaldo’s Portugal squad enters the World Cup with 10-to-1 odds to raise the trophy, according to FanDuel, and fortunately for the Iberian nation, its star striker is still sharp on the field even in his 40s.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 4 June 2026
And fortunately, Erik Bork, the director of that film, really wanted to check his own biases and echo chambers and invited us and others to help advise him on the script and to ensure that the script itself is not painting a caricature of the characters.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 June 2026