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lucky
adjective as in fortunate, opportune
Strongest matches
Weak matches
advantageous, adventitious, all systems go, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, coming up roses, everything going, favored, felicitous, getting a break, golden, hit it big, holding aces, hopeful, in the groove, into something, on a roll, on a streak, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich, timely, well
Example Sentences
Britain and Europe have been very lucky with two mild winters since the energy crisis.
“It was worth it because I didn’t have any other option. I was so lucky.”
When I came round I felt extremely lucky to be alive - but the euphoria I had experienced after brain surgery was absent.
“I was lucky he joined Amen Corner. He was with us the whole journey,” the musician wrote Thursday on Facebook, sharing a photo with Bryon and their bandmates.
"I have been lucky now to be at the last couple of World Cups and the timing of the players being in form, physically and mentally, at the right time, picking the right squad."
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When To Use
What are other ways to say lucky?
Lucky is a relatively colloquial adjective that is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Fortunate implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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