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fortunate
adjective as in having good luck
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Example Sentences
A 20-point game in half an hour and they were fortunate it was still only 20 at the break.
The roads of south Witham are places she chooses to avoid now, but her lorry driver husband is not so fortunate.
I was fortunate to begin my career as a program analyst at the National Institutes of Health working to streamline funding allocation decisions.
She points out that they are fortunate to have an affluent local community that donates generously.
"I loved my job, and I was very fortunate that I had very good health for most of my life, and I never smoked or anything like that," she said.
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What are other ways to say fortunate?
The adjective fortunate, which describes people or events marked by good fortune, implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Lucky, a more colloquial word, is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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