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
His skills lie within music, but luckily for him, his daughter, Annabelle, has an eye for art.
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Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
But luckily reservoirs are full from prior years, so shortages aren’t expected this summer.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
The 15-time major champion winner was left to crawl out of the passenger side of the car, luckily unhurt.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Very quickly, luckily, I was elected to the board of the Academy.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
But luckily reservoirs are full from prior years, so shortages aren’t expected this summer.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
The 15-time major champion winner was left to crawl out of the passenger side of the car, luckily unhurt.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Very quickly, luckily, I was elected to the board of the Academy.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luckily
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Paying for an education can be daunting, but fortunately, ScholarShare 529 has helped families rise to the challenge of affording higher education for more than 25 years.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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Cherries belong to the Prunus genus—fortunately, anything in this genus is relatively easy to grow from seed, according to Jacob Mentlik, a fruit tree expert at Fedco Seeds.—
Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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The good thing, though, is that this thankfully ends in the film’s very first scene.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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The new limits on harvesting energy from the V6 to charge the battery on the move should reduce the potential for huge speed differentials like the one that caused Oliver Bearman’s crash in Japan, and energy management was (thankfully) not much of a topic this weekend.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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“Luckily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luckily. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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