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# luckily

«luckily» in Mova's school dictionary: **lucky that** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (luckily)

### meaning for a pupil

By good luck; it is lucky that... (used to show something good happened by chance). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it often starts a sentence to show a rescue or a happy turn: "Luckily, the dog was found." In everyday talk: "Luckily I had my coat." Phrases: luckily for me, luckily enough.

### examples

- Luckily, I had an umbrella when it started to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x1)
- The glass fell, but luckily it did not break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x2)
- Luckily for us, the bus was late too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x3)
- We got lost, but luckily a kind woman helped us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x4)
- Luckily nobody was hurt in the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x5)
- I forgot my lunch, but luckily my friend shared hers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x6)
- Luckily for me I was born to be happy.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/#x7)

### note

Adverb from "lucky" (y changes to i + ly). Often at the start of a sentence followed by a comma. Opposite: unluckily, unfortunately. Similar: fortunately.

### In the corpora

- [Some fronted adverbials show the speaker's opinion, like Frankly, Luckily and Sadly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/29-fronted-adverbials/21/)
- [Luckily his primary head also wrote that Jake had improved a lot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/4/)
- [His mum helped him contact the shop with the receipt, and luckily they found the card again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «luckily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.