fortunate

Modifying Another Word

• extremely: The school is extremely fortunate to have high quality meals cooked on site in our own kitchen.
• incredibly: I can't remember the goal but I'm sure it was incredibly fortunate.
• indeed: We are indeed fortunate to have the opportunity to welcome Dame Rennie to the Recruitment Society.
• immensely: I feel immensely fortunate to have married into such a great family.
• exceptionally: High Bentham is exceptionally fortunate in the diversity of it's scenery.
• very: I am now very fortunate to be part of a church which seeks to emulate the biblical example of the early church.

Preposition: with

• weather: We had been really fortunate with the weather, apart from a couple of thunderstorms.

Infinitive complement

• escape: Thinking himself fortunate to escape reprimand for his late return, he retired quietly to the living room.
• possess: However, for Plato, we are fortunate to possess a great deal of his work.
• have: We feel very fortunate to have ' stumbled ' across you.
• survive: Thirteen rescuers survived but with injuries and just five others were fortunate enough to survive uninjured.
• acquire: Gold Edition - Special Offer We have been fortunate enough to acquire a small quantity of the gold proof edition.
• secure: Very few are fortunate enough to secure statutory funding to pay for the running costs of the organization.

Modifies a noun

• coincidence: By a fortunate coincidence Dawn was primed to try something new in her practice.
• position: To be in the fortunate position of having complete creative freedom for a video game project must be incredible.
• enough: Those fortunate enough to only see the online version manage to avoid the picture of me looking like a tit.
• circumstance: Now, by a fortunate circumstance, on the 4th of December in the ensuing year the moon will present these two conditions.
• escape: M. de Bernis expressed his pleasure at seeing me after my fortunate escape, and at being able to be of service to me.
• accident: This was perhaps a fortunate accident because both Redwing and Redpoll were seen as we approached.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: We feel very fortunate to have ' stumbled ' across you.