Meanings
adverbluckily (comparative more luckily, superlative most luckily)
comparative more luckily · superlative most luckily
- In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
They luckily escaped injury.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian щастливо, за щастие
- щастливо (štastlivo)in a lucky manner
- за щастие (za štastie)in a lucky manner
Catalan afortunadament, per sort
- afortunadamentin a lucky manner
- per sortin a lucky manner
Chinese Cantonese 好彩
- 好彩 (hou² coi²)in a lucky manner
Chinese Mandarin 好在, 所幸
- 好在 (hǎozài)in a lucky manner
- 所幸 (suǒxìng)in a lucky manner
- 幸而 (xìng'ér)in a lucky manner
Czech šťastně
- šťastněin a lucky manner
Danish lykkeligt
- lykkeligtin a lucky manner
Dutch gelukkig
- gelukkigin a lucky manner
Esperanto feliĉe
- feliĉein a lucky manner
Estonian õnneks
- õnneksin a lucky manner
Finnish onneksi
- onneksiin a lucky manner
French heureusement
- heureusementin a lucky manner
German glücklicherweise, auf glückliche Weise
- glücklicherweisein a lucky manner
- auf glückliche Weisein a lucky manner
- mit Glückin a lucky manner
- zum Glückin a lucky manner
Hebrew בכי טוב
- בכי טוב (b'chi tov)in a lucky manner
Icelandic sem betur fer
- sem betur ferin a lucky manner
Irish go hádhúil
- go hádhúilin a lucky manner
Italian fortunatamente, meno male
- fortunatamentein a lucky manner
- meno malein a lucky manner
Japanese 幸いにも, 運良く
- 幸いにも (saiwainimo)in a lucky manner
- 運良く (unyoku)in a lucky manner
Korean 운 좋게, 다행(多幸)히
- 운 좋게in a lucky manner
- 다행(多幸)히 (dahaenghi)in a lucky manner
Latin fēlīciter
- fēlīciterin a lucky manner
Māori mokori, mokori anō
- mokoriin a lucky manner
- mokori anōin a lucky manner
- māringanuiin a lucky manner
- maringanuiin a lucky manner
Norwegian Bokmål heldigvis, lykkelig
- heldigvisin a lucky manner
- lykkeligin a lucky manner
Polish szczęśliwie, na szczęście
- szczęśliwiein a lucky manner
- na szczęściein a lucky manner
- całe szczęściein a lucky manner
Portuguese felizmente, por sorte
- felizmentein a lucky manner
- por sortein a lucky manner
Romanian din fericire
- din fericirein a lucky manner
Russian к сча́стью, по счастливой случайности
- к сча́стью (k sčástʹju)in a lucky manner
- по счастливой случайности (po sčastlivoj slučajnosti)in a lucky manner
Slovak našťastie
- našťastiein a lucky manner
Spanish afortunadamente, por suerte
- afortunadamentein a lucky manner
- por suertein a lucky manner
- por fortunain a lucky manner
- dichosamentein a lucky manner
- menos malin a lucky manner
Swedish lyckligtvis, som tur är
- lyckligtvisin a lucky manner
- som tur ärin a lucky manner
Vietnamese may, may mắn
- mayin a lucky manner
- may mắnin a lucky manner
Welsh yn ffodus, yn lwcus
- yn ffodusin a lucky manner
- yn lwcusin a lucky manner
Cite this entry
APA
luckily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luckily
MLA
“luckily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luckily. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luckily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luckily.
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