fortunately
adv/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/UK/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/US/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nətli/
Etymology
From fortunate + -ly.
- derived from fortūnātus
Definitions
In a fortunate manner.
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.
- […]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.
The neighborhood
- synonymhappilyit is fortunate that
- synonymluckilyit is fortunate that
- synonymmercifullyit is fortunate that
- synonymthankfullyit is fortunate that
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fortunately. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA