What does fortunately mean?
Definitions for fortunately
for·tu·nate·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fortunately.
Princeton's WordNet
fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have itadverb
by good fortune
"fortunately the weather was good"
Wiktionary
fortunatelyadverb
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.
fortunatelyadverb
In a fortunate manner.
Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fortunatelyadverb
Happily; successfully.
Etymology: from fortunate.
Bright Eliza rul’d Britannia’s state,
And boldy wise, and fortunately great. Matthew Prior.
ChatGPT
fortunately
Fortunately is an adverb that means a positive situation or event happening by chance or luck, often used to express relief, gratitude or a beneficial outcome. It conveys that something has happened in a way that is lucky or beneficial for someone.
Webster Dictionary
Fortunatelyadverb
in a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fortunately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4582
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fortunately' in Adverbs Frequency: #329
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fortunately in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fortunately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fortunately in a Sentence
It was a startling situation, it was an accident, and fortunately, we're very happy that it did not result in serious bodily injury or death.
It was an unexpected uptake, which we never want to have, but fortunately the levels were low, well below even the threshold at which we would have been required to report the incident to the Department of Energy.
There's been no damage to his eye, he felt the skate blade hit his eye, but fortunately just got the eyelid.
Fortunately I don't have any of the underlying conditions, i wash my hands God knows how many times a day.
Fortunately we made the early moves, it's working out very professionally. We're doing a tremendous job.
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- لحسن الحظArabic
- за щастие, щастливо, сполучливоBulgarian
- afortunadament, feliçmentCatalan, Valencian
- naštěstíCzech
- zum Glück, glücklicherweiseGerman
- ευτυχώςGreek
- feliĉeEsperanto
- dichosamente, afortunadamenteSpanish
- خوشبختانهPersian
- onneksiFinnish
- par bonheur, heureusement, par chanceFrench
- բարեբախտաբարArmenian
- fortunatementeInterlingua
- untungIndonesian
- fortunatamenteItalian
- 幸運Japanese
- gelukkig, gelukkigerwijsDutch
- felizmente, afortunadamentePortuguese
- уда́чно, к сча́стьюRussian
- som tur är, lyckligtvisSwedish
- 幸好Chinese
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