luckily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English lucky

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English luckily

From lucky + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/, /ˈlʌk.ə.li/

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Adverb

luckily (comparative more luckily, superlative most luckily)

1. In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.

   They luckily escaped injury.

Antonyms

• unfortunately
• unluckily

Translations

in a lucky manner

• Armenian: բարեբախտաբար (hy) (barebaxtabar)
• Azerbaijani: xoşbəxtlikdən
• Breton: dre chañs (br)
• Bulgarian: щастливо (bg) (štastlivo), за щастие (za štastie)
• Catalan: afortunadament (ca), per sort
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 好彩 (yue) (hou² coi²)

  Mandarin: 好在 (zh) (hǎozài), 所幸 (zh) (suǒxìng), 幸而 (zh) (xìng'ér)

• Czech: šťastně (cs)
• Danish: lykkeligt
• Dutch: gelukkig (nl)
• Esperanto: feliĉe
• Estonian: õnneks
• Faroese: lukkuliga
• Finnish: onneksi (fi)
• French: heureusement (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: glücklicherweise (de), auf glückliche Weise, mit Glück, zum Glück (de)
• Gurani: وەشبەختانە (weşbextane)
• Hebrew: בכי טוב (b'chi tov)
• Icelandic: sem betur fer
• Irish: go hádhúil
• Italian: fortunatamente (it), meno male
• Japanese: 幸いにも (さいわいにも, saiwainimo), 運良く (うんよく, unyoku)
• Korean: 운 좋게 (un joke), 다행(多幸)히 (ko) (dahaenghi)
• Latin: fēlīciter
• Māori: mokori, mokori anō, māringanui (interjection), maringanui
• Marathi: नशिबाने (naśibāne), भाग्याने (bhāgyāne)
• Mongolian: ашгуй (ašgui), аз болж (az bolž)
• Norman: chanceusement (Jersey), par bounheur (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heldigvis (no), lykkelig

  Nynorsk: heldigvis

• Polish: szczęśliwie (pl), na szczęście (pl), całe szczęście (pl)
• Portuguese: felizmente (pt), por sorte
• Romanian: din fericire
• Russian: к сча́стью (ru) (k sčástʹju), по счастливой случайности (po sčastlivoj slučajnosti)
• Slovak: našťastie
• Spanish: afortunadamente (es), por suerte, por fortuna, dichosamente (es), menos mal (es)
• Swedish: lyckligtvis (sv), som tur är
• Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)
• Welsh: yn ffodus, yn lwcus