Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fortunate manner: by good fortune; luckily; happily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
fortunate manner. - adverb It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by good fortune
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've wondered about that ever since I became pregnant again .. fortunately, I've had my mom make me a couple of beautiful (yet simple) dresses ..
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Mostly we just have to clean up all the food mugs etc before the safety people visit, which fortunately is announced well in advance.
Safety Buffoons Candid Engineer 2009
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Her choice of words in which to express herself should tell you plenty, which fortunately is now captured on the internet with her full name and town.
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I think negotiators have to be prepared for those, you know, those polarized feelings of joy and happiness when you succeed, which fortunately is most of the time.
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As soon as I saw the picture of the book cover, my mind immediately zoomed back to my childhood (which, fortunately, is a good thing).
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But the world, fortunately, is more chaotic than that — though this does mean we have to endure a great deal of inconsistency.
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Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately from a libertarian point of view, the government, and our present government in particular, is completely inadequate to implementing such interventions.
Layard and Happiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But that if fortunately is very difficult indeed, seems like God have considered that in the overall design.
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Women have often quipped that they have to be twice as good as men to get anywhere — but that, fortunately, is not difficult.
stereotypes 2008
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Women have often quipped that they have to be twice as good as men to get anywhere — but that, fortunately, is not difficult.
February 2008 2008
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