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It was weird because I was pregnant, throughout that so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was in a really bad mood but luckily, because I sleep with the director, he just sort of scheduled me so I only had to do it two nights.
Helena Bonham Carter

Meaning of "luckily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUCKILY

luckily  [ˈlʌkɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUCKILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luckily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LUCKILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

luckily

Luck

The definition of Luck varies by philosophical, religious, mystical, or emotional context of the one interpreting it; according to the classic Noah Webster's dictionary, Luck is "a purposeless, unpredictable and uncontrollable force that shapes events favorably or unfavorably for an individual, group or cause". Yet the author Max Gunther defines it as "events that influence one's life and are seemingly beyond one's control". When thought of as a factor beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result, there are at least two senses that people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In the prescriptive sense, luck is a supernatural and deterministic concept that there are forces which prescribe that certain events occur very much the way laws of physics will prescribe that certain events occur. It is the prescriptive sense that people mean when they say they "do not believe in luck". In the descriptive sense, people speak of luck after events which they find to be fortunate or unfortunate, and maybe improbable.

Definition of luckily in the English dictionary

The definition of luckily in the dictionary is as a result of good fortune; fortunately.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUCKILY


cheekily
ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ
cockily
kɒkɪlɪ
gawkily
ˈɡɔːkɪlɪ
huskily
ˈhʌskɪlɪ
jerkily
ˈdʒɜːkɪlɪ
lankily
ˈlæŋkɪlɪ
milkily
ˈmɪlkɪlɪ
muckily
ˈmʌkɪlɪ
pluckily
ˈplʌkɪlɪ
quirkily
ˈkwɜːkɪlɪ
shakily
ˈʃeɪkɪlɪ
silkily
ˈsɪlkɪlɪ
skilly
ˈskɪlɪ
smokily
ˈsməʊkɪlɪ
sneakily
ˈsniːkɪlɪ
spookily
ˈspuːkɪlɪ
sulkily
ˈsʌlkɪlɪ
swankily
ˈswæŋkɪlɪ
techily
ˈtekɪlɪ
unluckily
ʌnˈlʌkɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUCKILY

luck
luck out
lucken
luckenbooth
luckengowan
luckier
luckiest
luckiness
luckless
lucklessly
lucklessness
Lucknow
luckpennies
luckpenny
lucky
lucky bag
lucky break
lucky charm
Lucky Country
lucky dip

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUCKILY

flakily
friskily
kinkily
pawkily
perkily
pickily
pockily
pokily
rockily
slinkily
snakily
snarkily
spikily
spunkily
stickily
stockily
streakily
tackily
trickily
wackily

Synonyms and antonyms of luckily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LUCKILY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «luckily» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of luckily

Translation of «luckily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUCKILY

Find out the translation of luckily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luckily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luckily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幸运地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por suerte
570 millions of speakers

English

luckily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौभाग्य से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِنْ حُسْنِ الْـحَظِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

к счастью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

felizmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাগ্যক্রমে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heureusement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

nasib baik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glücklicherweise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運よく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다행히
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luckily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

may thay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदैवाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iyi ki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fortunatamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczęśliwie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на щастя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

din fericire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευτυχώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gelukkig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lyckligtvis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heldigvis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luckily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCKILY»

The term «luckily» is very widely used and occupies the 14.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCKILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «luckily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «luckily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luckily

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10 QUOTES WITH «LUCKILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word luckily.
1
Devon Aoki
In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.
2
Richard C. Armitage
I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.
3
Darren Aronofsky
I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
4
Nicolas Berggruen
Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.
5
Shirley Booth
It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.
6
Chris Brown
The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I couldn't get the words out. It lasted for like thirty seconds, but I got over it, and luckily the crowd didn't seem to care.
7
Jenna Bush
Luckily I've had a lot of great friends that I've had for a long time.
8
Matt Cameron
My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.
9
Helena Bonham Carter
It was weird because I was pregnant, throughout that so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was in a really bad mood but luckily, because I sleep with the director, he just sort of scheduled me so I only had to do it two nights.
10
Melanie Chisholm
The British press have written some nasty and spiteful things about the way I look which used to affect me quite badly when it was new to me but luckily, I've learned to ignore the comments. why do they even care about how I look?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUCKILY»

Discover the use of luckily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luckily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Luckily: poems
Poetry. "In Kelle Groom's LUCKILY, tenderness transforms violence: 'A kiss on a cigarette burn.' In poems both mysterious and candid, Groom captures domesticity and dream, internal and external landscapes, addiction and recovery.
Kelle Groom, 2006
2
Luckily!
Each page has comical illustrations to accompany the story. The book comes in A5 format and includes a shaped audio read-along CD.
Jill Atkins, 2009
3
Understanding David Foster Wallace
"Luckily the Account Representative Knew CPR" Less a story than a sort of recitative between the book's overture and its title piece, "Luckily the Account Representative Knew CPR" picks up the implications of Julie's ocean-wave motif and ...
Marshall Boswell, 2003
4
We Are America: A Thematic Reader and Guide To Writing
If you have trouble finding the verb in the sentence Luckily, I know something about plumbing, use this test on words you think might be verbs. Let's say that you think the word luckily sounds like a verb, and you write something like this: Today I ...
Anna Joy, 2007
5
A Minimalist Approach to Scrambling: Evidence from Persian
[TP Kimea xoshbaxtâne [vP t ketâbâ-ro [PredP be ketâbxune pas dâde]]]] 'As for Kimea, luckily (she) has returned the books to the library.' The data in (9) show the combination of the two types of adverbs within a sentence: (9) a. [TP Kimea ...
Simin Karimi, 2005
6
Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner
They saw the wicked witch hiding and she tried to catch them, but they were too fast. Then they went to the woods again. The wicked witch tried to catch them again. Luckily she did. She put them in a cage. There were no windows and doors.
Vivian Gussin Paley, 1984
7
Reading the Fifth Veda: Studies on the Mahābhārata - Essays ...
as Yudhisthira tells Krsna in bringing the scene to closure, all Krsna had to do to make things turn out right was to act in character: Then the thrilled Yudhisthira paid homage to Dāśārha;62 he said, 'Luckily luckily', O Indra among kings, and he ...
Alf Hiltebeitel, Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, 2011
8
Season of Missed Chances
“Don't concern yourself with payment, sir. I'd never forget a face like yours. Would you mind signing this for my daughter?” Luckily I didn't have a pen. Luckily I ran out luckily I recalled better days luckily my inner resources. Pass the ketchup.
Peter Pegnall, 2009
9
Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs
(102) To illustrate, in English, although the EADV luckily can appear in the initial, AUX and final positions (with comma intonation), it is basegenerated only in one unique position, that is, the specifier position of the functional projection of ...
Mingya Liu, 2012
10
Accuplacer: Doug French's Verbal Prep
... than their predecessors were C. have fewer qualifications to be governing than those of their predecessors D. havefewer governingqualifications than those predecessors 9. While I was skating, I fell on the ice, luckily no bones were broken.
Douglas C. French, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUCKILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luckily is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Pretty Little Liars' Characters As Disney Cartoons, Because Spencer …
Luckily, we're not just watching Pretty Little Liars for the ultimate mystery — we're also watching it for the series' beloved characters. Pretty Little Liars will ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
2
I Went 24 Hours Using Only Real Housewives Products and Life …
Luckily Frankel's Skinnygirl popcorn, chips and hummus satisfied my taste buds. And yes, Chris Laurita's Blackwater helped me wash it all ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
3
Deputy under investigation for shots fired in theater parking lot …
Luckily nobody was hurt, nobody was hit. But, I mean, it's a movie theater, so yes there were people in the parking lot.” As police investigate ... «KOCO Oklahoma City, Jul 15»
4
Firefighters endure high temps to battle Fayetteville blaze | abc11.com
Luckily, no one was hurt fighting the blaze. Firefighters say the home suffered extensive damage. The couple who lived in the house was not at ... «WTVD-TV, Jul 15»
5
Boy falls from 3rd story window, lands on his father - KGW.com
Luckily, the boy's father was walking directly underneath the window at the time, Thompson said, and the boy fell on top of him instead of the ... «kgw.com, Jul 15»
6
Tree Crashes Through Deck of Lebanon Home Amid Summer Storm …
Luckily nothing came through the house, so we felt lucky with that." Villardi said her teenage son was home alone at the time and told her he ... «NBC Connecticut, Jul 15»
7
Inevitable Star Wars/Mad Max mashup has arrived, and it's …
Luckily, this mashup of Star Wars and Mad Max is very well done and tightly integrates characters and F/X from both franchises to produce ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
8
Jaime King Welcomes Son; Taylor Swift Is Officially A Godmother …
Determined to have a baby, Jaime turned to in vitro, but luckily got pregnant the old fashioned way, after all. "Actually, I went through that [in ... «Access Hollywood, Jul 15»
9
Why Is John Kasich Taking So Long? Shia LaBeouf Says, 'Just Do It …
Luckily for Kasich, former Even Stevens actor Shia LaBeouf recorded one in front of a green screen a while back. So we put two and two ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
10
Dana Holgorsen double fists free Red Bull at Big 12 Media Days …
... the neighborhood of 1,000." Luckily for Holgorsen, two representatives from Red Bull showed up to give him a head start on his season total. «SB Nation, Jul 15»

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