fortunately
advUK /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ · US /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
Etymology From fortunate + -ly.
1
In a fortunate manner.
2
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
- Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
- My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.
4 more examples
- […]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange.1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season:
- Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate.1952, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 807:
- Most pitchside medical staff fortunately will never have to treat a life threatening injury on the field of play.2005, Gregory P. Whyte, Mark Harries, Clyde Williams, ABC of sports and exercise medicine, page 4:
- Fortunately for the noncampers, half of the hotel rooms overlook the seaside stage, making attendance almost automatic, and very convenient in bad weather.2015 September 10, Lynn Zinser, “At Hawaii Resort, Yoga by Day, Party by Night”, in The New York Times:
- Synonyms
- auspiciously, luckily, happily, mercifully, thankfully