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LUCKY
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Irregular inflected forms: luckier , luckiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
Example:
a prosperous moment to make a decision
Synonyms:
favorable; favourable; golden; lucky; prosperous
Classified under:
Similar:
propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)
Derivation:
luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring by chance
Example:
a lucky guess
Classified under:
Similar:
fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)
Derivation:
luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome)
luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having or bringing good fortune
Example:
a lucky man
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
apotropaic (having the power to prevent evil or bad luck)
hot (having or bringing unusually good luck)
serendipitous (lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries)
Also:
fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)
Antonym:
unlucky (having or bringing misfortune)
Derivation:
luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome)
luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
Context examples:
“Ah, he'd be a lucky one as knowed that!”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But not all of us are that lucky.
(Alcohol Could be Toxic and Cause DNA Damage for Some People, NIH, US)
But this did not at all suit the views of the landlord, who saw in this lucky incident a chance of reaping a fresh harvest from his spendthrift company.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was lucky enough to get another and so to follow her.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The second group was fed on a high-fat diet for 5 weeks — and the third lucky group was fed on a high-fat diet, but for an extended period of 13 weeks.
(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
We are lucky to be around to see Saturn’s ring system, which appears to be in the middle of its lifetime.
(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)
“How happy am I!” cried he; “nobody was ever so lucky as I.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Earth just happened to be in close proximity to the right kind of supernova, making it unusually lucky.
(Finding Alien Life Unlikely Due to Lack of Phosphorus in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Lucky, lucky girl! cried Mary, as soon as she could speak; what a match for her!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It was lucky, however, for Mrs. Jennings's curiosity and Elinor's too, that she would tell any thing WITHOUT being asked; for nothing would otherwise have been learnt.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
