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Webster 1913 Edition

Fortunately

For′tu-nate-ly

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adv.

In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fortunately

FOR'TUNATELY

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adv.

Luckily; successfully; happily; by good fortune, or favorable chance or issue.

Definition 2024

fortunately

fortunately

English

Adverb

fortunately ‎(comparative more fortunately, superlative most fortunately)

In a fortunate manner.
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.

Synonyms

(in a fortunate manner): auspiciously, luckily
(it is fortunate that): happily, luckily, mercifully, thankfully

Translations

in a fortunate manner

Bulgarian: щастливо (bg) ‎(štastlivo), сполучливо (bg) ‎(spolučlivo)
Catalan: afortunadament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸得 (zh) ‎(xìngdé)
Czech: naštěstí (cs)
Dutch: gelukkig (nl), gelukkigerwijs (nl)
Esperanto: feliĉe
Finnish: onneksi (fi)
Georgian:

German: mit Glück; glücklich
Greek: ευτυχώς (el) ‎(eftychós)
Italian: fortunatamente (it)
Maori: māringanui (interjection)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: heldigvis

Nynorsk: heldigvis
Portuguese: afortunadamente
Russian: уда́чно (ru) ‎(udáčno)
Spanish: afortunadamente (es)

it is fortunate that

Arabic: لِحُسْن اَلْحَظّ ‎(li-ḥusn al-ḥaẓẓ)
Bulgarian: за щастие ‎(za štastie)
Catalan: feliçment
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸好 (zh) ‎(xìnghǎo)
French: heureusement (fr), par bonheur (fr), par chance (fr)
Georgian:
German: Gott sei Dank; glücklicherweise (de); zum Glück (de)
Indonesian: untungnya (id)
Interlingua: fortunatemente

Japanese: 幸運にも (ja) ‎(こううんにも, kōun nimo)
Korean: 다행스럽게도 ‎(dahaengseureopgedo), 운 좋게도 ‎(un jokedo)
Norman: par bounheur (Guernsey)
Persian: خوشبختانه ‎(xušbaxtâne)
Portuguese: felizmente (pt)
Russian: к сча́стью ‎(k sčástʹju)
Spanish: dichosamente (es)
Swedish: lyckligtvis (sv), som tur är