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# luckily

adverb (luckily)

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

## Everyday

By good luck; it is lucky that... (used to show something good happened by chance). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories it often starts a sentence to show a rescue or a happy turn: "Luckily, the dog was found." In everyday talk: "Luckily I had my coat." Phrases: luckily for me, luckily enough.

### Examples

- Luckily, I had an umbrella when it started to rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x1)
- The glass fell, but luckily it did not break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x2)
- Luckily for us, the bus was late too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x3)
- We got lost, but luckily a kind woman helped us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x4)
- Luckily nobody was hurt in the fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x5)
- I forgot my lunch, but luckily my friend shared hers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x6)
- Luckily for me I was born to be happy.' [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from "lucky" (y changes to i + ly). Often at the start of a sentence followed by a comma. Opposite: unluckily, unfortunately. Similar: fortunately.

## On Mova

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