luckily
UK/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/
luckily adverb: in a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
Adverb
luckily (comparative more luckily, superlative most luckily)
- In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
- They luckily escaped injury.
luckily meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
luckily in Tamil
- நற்பேறாக, ஆகூழாக
luckily in Marathi
- in a lucky manner
- नशिबाने naśibāne, भाग्याने bhāgyāne
luckily in Urdu
- خوش قسمتی سے
luckily in Telugu
- అదృష్టవశాత్తూ
More languagesFewer languages
- luckily in Malayalam
- ഭാഗ്യവശാൽ, ഭാഗ്യത്താൽ, ദിഷ്ട്യാ, ദെെവഗത്യാ
- luckily in Kannada
- ಅದೃಷ್ಟವಶಾತ್
- luckily in Gujarati
- સદભાગ્યે, નસીબદાર રીતે
- luckily in Vietnamese
- may, may mắn
Examples of luckily in a sentence
- I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.
- She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
- Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
Antonyms of luckily
Forms of luckily
| comparative | more luckily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most luckily |
Origin of luckily
From lucky + -ly.
Questions about luckily
- What does luckily mean?
- Luckily means in a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
- What is luckily in Tamil?
- Luckily in Tamil is நற்பேறாக, ஆகூழாக. See Luckily meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is luckily?
- Luckily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce luckily?
- Luckily is pronounced /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (UK).
Words near luckily in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: luckily (page history and authors); luckily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luckily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luckily (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luckily (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); luckily (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luckily (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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