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LUCKY (luckier, luckiest)
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, luckiest Dictionary entry overview: What does lucky mean?
• LUCKY (adjective)
The adjective LUCKY has 3 senses:
1. occurring by chance
2. having or bringing good fortune
3. presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
Familiarity information: LUCKY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: luckiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring by chance
Context example:
a lucky guess
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 2
Meaning:
Having or bringing good fortune
Context example:
a lucky man
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
Synonyms:
favorable; favourable; golden; lucky; prosperous
Context example:
a prosperous moment to make a decision
Similar:
propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)
Derivation:
luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
Context examples
This year we are lucky because for many years, Mercury was consistently retrograde during December’s holiday shopping period.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“This was a lucky idea of mine, indeed!” said Mrs. Bennet more than once, as if the credit of making it rain were all her own.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Some day, if you're lucky, you may come pretty close to knowing all that may be known.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It’s lucky for you, my man, that nothing is missing, or you would find yourself in Queer Street.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We may get a scoop, if we are lucky.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"And I am sure, Sir," said Mrs Musgrove, "it was a lucky day for us, when you were put captain into that ship. We shall never forget what you did."
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Lucky for you I am, for if I put on crushed airs and tried to be dismal, as you do, we should be in a nice state.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The lucky eat the most and move the longest, that is all.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Well, said my aunt, that's lucky, for I should like it too.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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