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lucky Definition

lucky (lukē)

adjective lucki·er, lucki·est

  1. having good luck; fortunate
  2. happening or resulting fortunately a lucky change
  3. believed to bring good luck a lucky coin

lucky Related Forms
lucki·ly adverb lucki·ness noun
lucky Synonyms

lucky

modif.

  1. Enjoying good luck

    blessed, successful, prosperous; see fortunate 1.

  2. Characterized by good luck

    favorable, advantageous, serendipitous; see hopeful 2.

  3. Supposed to bring good luck

    providential, propitious, auspicious; see magic 1.

lucky Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • weather: We were certainly lucky with the weather - modesty forbids me from taking credit for that.

Modifying Another Word

  • incredibly: I actually feel incredibly lucky to have gone on this journey with my son.
  • extremely: Here in Dorset we are extremely lucky to benefit from an annual Capital Grants Program for Village Halls.
  • extraordinarily: Matt Ridley is a brilliant lecturer with a global reputation and we are extraordinarily lucky that he is visiting the University.
  • very: I was very lucky to be taught by him.

Infinitive complement

  • escape: The Spaniard was lucky to escape from an horrific crash.
  • survive: The Duke of York was lucky to survive the blitz of May 1942.
  • catch: Wow, I thought to myself, we're pretty lucky to catch a glimpse of this!
  • get: Now he'd be lucky to get a tenner for last year's model.
  • have: I'm lucky enough to have dived some of the worlds best dive sites.
  • live: But I was lucky enough to live in a town with a first class state school.

Modifies a noun

  • winner: Click on to see pics of our lucky winners on their VIP night out.
  • dip: They make a good " lucky dip " or " pass the parcel " prize.
  • escape: Anyway, looks like we had a lucky escape from nearly buying a lemon.
  • recipient: With a huge range of activities to choose from across the UK, the lucky recipient will be spoilt for choice.
  • charm: The local lucky charm the Indalo man can be spotted on most buildings.
  • bastard: One of you lucky bastards probably got given a planet for your birthday once, or something.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: We feel lucky to be able to look to our future.
  • strike: Last week, in my search for more of his work, I struck lucky with an internet search.
  • get: I didn't get really lucky with lapped riders.
lucky Quotes

You've got toask yourself a question.Do I feel lucky.Well do you punk?

—Earhart, Amelia

   Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we aretooluckyor toosuccessfulor toopretty, ourmisery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

—Jong, Erica ne¤  e Mann

Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.

—Euripides

You Are My Lucky Star.

—Freed, Arthur pseudonym of  Arthur Grossman

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