fortunately

English

Etymology

fortunate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

fortunately (comparative more fortunately, superlative most fortunately)

1. In a fortunate manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.

   Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.

Synonyms

• (in a fortunate manner): auspiciously, luckily
• (it is fortunate that): happily, luckily, mercifully, thankfully

Translations

in a fortunate manner

• Bulgarian: щастливо (bg) (štastlivo), сполучливо (bg) (spolučlivo)
• Catalan: afortunadament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幸得 (zh) (xìngdé)

• Czech: naštěstí (cs)
• Dutch: gelukkig (nl), gelukkigerwijs (nl)
• Esperanto: feliĉe
• Finnish: onneksi (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: mit Glück; glücklich (de)
• Greek: ευτυχώς (el) (eftychós)

• Italian: fortunatamente (it)
• Maori: māringanui (interjection)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heldigvis

  Nynorsk: heldigvis

• Persian: خوشبختانه‎ (xošbaxtâne)
• Polish: na szczęście (pl)
• Portuguese: afortunadamente
• Russian: уда́чно (ru) (udáčno)
• Serbo-Croatian: nasreću (sh)
• Spanish: afortunadamente (es)

it is fortunate that

• Arabic: لِحُسْن اَلْحَظّ‎ (li-ḥusn al-ḥaẓẓ)
• Bulgarian: за щастие (za štastie)
• Catalan: feliçment
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幸好 (zh) (xìnghǎo)

• French: heureusement (fr), par bonheur (fr), par chance (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: zum Glück (de); Gott sei Dank (de) (chiefly colloquial); glücklicherweise (de) (chiefly formal)
• Indonesian: untungnya (id)
• Interlingua: fortunatemente

• Japanese: 幸運にも (ja) (こううんにも, kōun nimo)
• Korean: 다행스럽게도 (dahaengseureopgedo), 운 좋게도 (un jokedo)
• Maori: maringanui, māringanui, mokori anō
• Norman: par bounheur (Guernsey)
• Persian: خوشبختانه‎ (xošbaxtâne)
• Portuguese: felizmente (pt)
• Russian: к сча́стью (k sčástʹju)
• Spanish: dichosamente (es)
• Swedish: lyckligtvis (sv), som tur är