LUCKILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luckily mean? 

• LUCKILY (adverb)
  The adverb LUCKILY has 1 sense:

1. by good fortune

  Familiarity information: LUCKILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUCKILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By good fortune

Synonyms:

as luck would have it; fortuitously; fortunately; luckily

Context example:

fortunately the weather was good

Antonym:

unluckily (by bad luck)

Pertainym:

lucky (having or bringing good fortune)

 Context examples 

The Parrys and Sandersons luckily are coming tonight you know, and that will amuse her.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He was too happy, however, to need much attention; and luckily for the others, the business of love-making relieved them from a great deal of his company.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Luckily, the last third of the month will be your best—straight into December.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Luckily Sir Thomas was at hand.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The elegance of the breakfast set forced itself on Catherine's notice when they were seated at table; and, luckily, it had been the general's choice.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

It was at such a moment that ringcraft was needed, and luckily for Jim two masters of it were at his back.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Luckily, the researchers said there is a solution that does not involve any head shaking.

(Shaking head to free water in ears could cause brain damage in kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

So he went away to try and find the castle of his friends; and after wandering about a few days he luckily found it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It took me no little while to puzzle it out, but I finally discovered that it was because I was more luckily born than he—“gentleman born,” he put it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Luckily, when the farmer made my head, one of the first things he did was to paint my ears, so that I heard what was going on.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)