heureusement
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From heureux (“happy”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]heureusement
Interjection
[edit]heureusement !
- (informal) and a good job too! and a good thing too! well that's lucky! I'm glad to hear it! it's just as well! thank goodness!
- Synonym: encore heureux
Usage notes
[edit]Generally followed by a subordinate clause (while its synonym encore heureux is generally preferred when used as a standalone interjection): heureusement que ...: "it's lucky that ...", "luckily, ...", "fortunately, ...", "it's just as well that ...", "at least ..."
Descendants
[edit]- → Ladino: orozamente
Further reading
[edit]- “heureusement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.