luckily

«luckily» in Mova's school dictionary: lucky that — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (luckily)

meaning for a pupil

By good luck; it is lucky that... (used to show something good happened by chance). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it often starts a sentence to show a rescue or a happy turn: "Luckily, the dog was found." In everyday talk: "Luckily I had my coat." Phrases: luckily for me, luckily enough.

examples

• Luckily, I had an umbrella when it started to rain. tree →
• The glass fell, but luckily it did not break. tree →
• Luckily for us, the bus was late too. tree →
• We got lost, but luckily a kind woman helped us. tree →
• Luckily nobody was hurt in the fall. tree →
• I forgot my lunch, but luckily my friend shared hers. tree →
• Luckily for me I was born to be happy.' tree →

note

Adverb from "lucky" (y changes to i + ly). Often at the start of a sentence followed by a comma. Opposite: unluckily, unfortunately. Similar: fortunately.

In the corpora

• Some fronted adverbials show the speaker's opinion, like Frankly, Luckily and Sadly.
• Luckily his primary head also wrote that Jake had improved a lot.
• His mum helped him contact the shop with the receipt, and luckily they found the card again.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «luckily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.