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for·tu·nate  (fôrch-nt)
adj.
1. Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.
2. Having unexpected good fortune; lucky. See Synonyms at happy.
n.
One who has good fortune, especially a wealthy person.
[Latin fortntus, from fortna, chance; see fortune.]
fortu·nate·ly adv.
fortu·nate·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.fortunately - by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good"
as luck would have it, fortuitously, luckily
alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily - by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"
fortunately
adverb luckily, happily, as luck would have it, providentially, by good luck, by a happy chance
Translations
fortunately [ˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ] adv → afortunadamente
fortunately [ˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ] fortunate adv → heureusement, par bonheur
fortunately [ˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ] fortunate adv → glücklicherweise, zum Glück
fortunately [ˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ] adv → fortunatamente


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The coal replied: 'I fortunately sprang out of the fire, and if I had not escaped by sheer force, my death would have been certain,--I should have been burnt to ashes.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
The prospect of it frightened her so thoroughly, that, with a mixture of true girlish perverseness and folly, she resolved on getting out of the house and proceeding directly by the stage to her friends, the Clarkes; and had really got as far as the length of two streets in her journey when she was fortunately missed, pursued, and overtaken.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
Fortunately, these books of Valdes's have nearly all been translated, and the reader may test the matter in English; though it necessarily halts somewhat behind the Spanish.
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