[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fortunately/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / fortunately

# fortunately

adverb

«fortunately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Fortunately means happily, because something lucky has happened: Fortunately, it did not rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortunately/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, it introduces a lucky turn of events: fortunately the dwarfs came home in time

### Examples

- Fortunately, it was near evening, and the dwarfs came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortunately/#x1)
- Fortunately, the rain stopped before the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortunately/#x2)
- I forgot my coat, but fortunately I was not cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortunately/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fortunately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortunately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fortunately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fortunately.html) on Mova free.