lucky

comparative luckier · comparative more lucky · superlative luckiest · superlative most lucky

1. Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

   a lucky adventurer

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   The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.

   I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.

   1872, Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see, page 149

   They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

   1989, “Under the Sea”, in Howard Ashman (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), The Little Mermaid

   The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.

   2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15

   Synonyms: fortunate, successful

2. Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

   a lucky cast

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   a lucky mistake

   a lucky hour

   A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket.

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17

   Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, auspicial, auspicious, favorable, fortunate

1. bingoseven

plural Luckys

1. A surname.
2. A given name for a dog.