Synonyms for fortunately
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Adverb
1. It is fortunate that — in a fortunate manner
luckily, thankfully, happily, fortuitously, mercifully, auspiciously
Definitions
- adv. 1
In a fortunate manner.
Related words
- Other spellings
- fortunantly
Example sentences
- happily Ziri's tortoise is living happily in our backyard.
- luckily Luckily, I was able to talk Tom out of doing that.
- thankfully Thankfully, this game does not have bikini armour.
- fortuitously This is fortuitously a mostly translatable pun.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fortunately | steady | |
| happily | rising | |
| luckily | rising | |
| thankfully | rising | |
| fortuitously | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- happily3, luckily3
- 10 letters
- thankfully3, mercifully4
- 12 letters
- fortuitously, auspiciously
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happily3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- heureusement
- Italiano
- felicemente
- Español
- felizmente
- Català
- feliçment