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Definition: Fortunately |
FortunatelyAdverb1. By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fortunately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: FortunatelySynonyms: as luck would have it (adv), fortuitously (adv), luckily (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unfortunately (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fortunately |
| English words defined with "fortunately": providentially ♦ well-off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fortunately": Addition ♦ Godzillagram ♦ Jeff K. ♦ optimism ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ Village. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Madame Colet, if I were your father, which fortunately I am not, and you made any attempt to handle your own business affairs, I would give you a good spanking--in a business way, of course (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) Fortunately, I won. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) Fortunately, I can pull up my math grade on my own. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) Yeah, well, fortunately for everyone, I'm here and I'm thinking (Desperately Seeking Susan; writing credit: Leora Barish) | |
Lyrics | Fortunately you have got (Sign Your Name; performing artist: Terence Trent D'arby) | |
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 | Approximately 50% of the horses infected with WEE die from the disease. In 1938, WEE killed approximately 180,000 horses in California. Fortunately, today most horses are routinely vaccinated against WEE and other equine viruses. Credit: CDC. |  | A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Fortunately, these birds were not affected at this time. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Fortunately the carry was down hill. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The heart of Juliet Jones. "Fortunately, a cancelled appointment enabled me to make time for you, my dear". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Thank you" by Laurent Cottier Commentary: "Fortunately it is written on the road... I failed to die 56 times!!! REMEMBER:IN ENGLAND;THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT!!!;-)." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Fortunately, however, it did cease |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many raw foods of animal origin are frequently contaminated, but fortunately, thorough cooking kills Salmonella. (references) | |
Levodopa is not a perfect drug. Fortunately, physicians have other treatment choices for particular symptoms or stages of the disease. (references) | ||
Although rhabdomyosarcoma tends to grow and spread very rapidly, fortunately its symptoms are quite obvious compared to those of other forms of childhood cancer. (references) | ||
Business | In some cases, cities that do build treatment plants find they cannot bear the operating costs, so the plants rarely run at full capacity, if at all. Fortunately, things are gradually changing. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | Fortunately for Bangladesh, many new jobs--1.5 million, mostly for women--have been created by the country's dynamic private ready-made garment industry, which grew at double-digit rates through most of the 1990s. Despite the country's politically motivated general strikes, poor infrastructure, and weak financial system, Bangladeshi entrepreneurs have shown themselves adept at competing in the global garments marketplace. (references) |
Trade | Burma | A remittance cap on earnings was reduced to $10, 000 per month effective July 1, 2000. Fortunately, the cap does not apply to export earnings. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof -- an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Judy Collins | I do. I have a couple of books on the way. And, fortunately, I can write on the airplanes when I'm traveling. |
Robert Wagner | Well, fortunately I'm healthy. I've met so many people. I've been blessed in my career, and I've had a chance to really, you know, it's better. It gets better all the time, you know. Really. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Fortunately, a considerable check has been given to that spirit by our cruisers, who have succeeded in capturing and destroying several of their vessels. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Our system fortunately contemplates a recurrence to first principles, differing in this respect from all that have preceded it, and securing it, I trust, equally against the decay and the commotions which have marked the progress of other governments. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | We will fortunately be able to apply to the redemption of the public debt any small and unforeseen excess of revenue. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Fortunately the New World is largely free from the inheritances of fear and distrust which have so troubled the Old World. |
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| "Fortunately" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 96.54% of the time. "Fortunately" is used about 1,646 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 96.54% | 1,589 | 5,212 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.46% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,646 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "fortunately": less-fortunately-placed. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fortunately | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fortunately"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | për fat të mirë (happily, luckily), lumturisht (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Arabic | من حسن الحظ, من حسن الطالع, لحسن الحظ (happily). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сполучливо, щастливо (happily), за щастие (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Chinese | 幸虧 (luckily), 幸运地 (luckily), 幸好 . (various references) | |
Czech | naštìstí (luckily, mercifully), bohudík (happily, mercifully). (various references) | |
Dutch | gelukkig (fortunate, happy, unfortunately). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bonŝance. (various references) | |
Finnish | onneksi (luckily). (various references) | |
French | heureusement. (various references) | |
German | glücklicherweise (happily, luckily, providentially), erfreulicherweise (happily). (various references) | |
Greek | ευτυχώσ (happily, luckily), ευτυχώς (luckily). (various references) | |
Hebrew | למרבה המזל (luckily). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerencsére (blissfully, happily, it's a good job that, luckily). (various references) | |
Indonesian | untungnya, syukur (happily, thank God, thanks be to God). (various references) | |
Italian | per fortuna (luckily, unfortunately). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 折り好く (luckily), 恰も好し (luckily). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おりよく (luckily), あたかもよし (luckily). (various references) | |
Korean | 운이 좋게. (various references) | |
Manx | dy fortanagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | heldigvis (luckily). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ortunatelyfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | felizmente (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Romanian | din fericire (for luck, happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Russian | к счастью (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | srećom (luckily). (various references) | |
Spanish | por fortuna (happily, unfortunately), afortunadamente (happily, luckily, providently). (various references) | |
Swedish | lyckligtvis (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Turkish | iyi ki (happily, luckily), bereket versin ki (happily, luckily), allah'tan (luckily, providentially), çok şükür (thank god, thank goodness, thank heaven). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | щасливо (good luck, happily, joyfully, luckily), на щастя (happily, luckily). (various references) | |
Zulu | ngenhlanhla (unfortunately). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fortunate. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "fortunately": unfortunately. (additional references) | |
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"Fortunately" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fortunatly, fortuneately. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fortunately" (pronounced fô"rkhunutlē or fô"rkhuwnutlē) |
| 10 | f ô" r kh u n u t l ē | unfortunately. |
| 6 | -u n u t l ē | affectionately, compassionately, definitely, dispassionately, disproportionately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, passionately, proportionately. |
| 5 | -n u t l ē | alternately, minutely. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, deliberately, delicately, desperately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, moderately, privately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, ultimately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
| 5 | -n u t l ē | affectionately, alternately, compassionately, definitely, dispassionately, disproportionately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, minutely, passionately, proportionately, unfortunately. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, deliberately, delicately, desperately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, moderately, privately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, ultimately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-n-o-r-t-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: fortunate, outlearnt. | |
-3 letters: aflutter, attorney, flattery, flaunter, fluttery, frontlet, ornately, outlearn, rottenly, tolerant, tutelary. | |
-4 letters: aleuron, anolyte, elytron, felonry, flaneur, flatten, flatter, flaunty, floater, flouter, flutter, fortune, frenula, frontal, funeral, lottery, neutral, outearn, outfelt, outrate, refloat, refutal, tartufe, taunter, tearful, toluate, torulae, tourney, trayful, tutelar, tutoyer, utterly. | |
-5 letters: antler, aroynt, artful, atoner, attorn, attune. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-n-o-r-t-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: unforgettably, unfortunately. | |
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