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Definition of Fortunately
1. Adverb. By good fortune. "Fortunately the weather was good"
Partainyms: Fortuitous, Fortunate, Lucky
Antonyms: Unfortunately, Unluckily
Definition of Fortunately
1. adv. In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
Definition of Fortunately
1. Adverb. In a fortunate manner. ¹
2. Adverb. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fortunately
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortunately
Literary usage of Fortunately
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"fortunately, the fatigue and exposure of west highland travel as it was in those
days had tried Keats's strength too much, and brought ' on a throat trouble ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies by James Boswell (1791)
"might have kept away much longer, nay, gone to Scotland without feeing him again,
had not we fortunately met and been reconciled. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... without cultivation and without inhabitants, the consequences might not have
been so fatal to who had been fortunately engaged in the service of Valen«. ..."
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