Lucky
['lʌkɪ] or ['lʌki]
Definition
(adj.) occurring by chance; 'a lucky escape'; 'a lucky guess' .
(adj.) having or bringing good fortune; 'my lucky day'; 'a lucky man' .
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Definition
(superl.) Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
(superl.) Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fortunate (in an unexpected way), happy, blessed, in luck.[2]. Prosperous, auspicious, propitious, favorable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, successful, favorable
ANT:Unlucky, unfortunate, inauspicious, unprosperous, adverse, illfated,disastrous, luckless
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Definition
n. (slang) departure.—Cut one's lucky to bolt.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being lucky, is highly favorable to the dreamer. Fulfilment of wishes may be expected and pleasant duties will devolve upon you. To the despondent, this dream forebodes an uplifting and a renewal of prosperity.
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Examples
- You are lucky in having such a master. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Was not it lucky? Jane Austen. Emma.
- That was a lucky stroke of hers about the child torn from her arms shrieking. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You say I am lucky. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Has anything more been heard, Veneering,' he inquired, 'of the lucky legatee? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are a lucky man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That's lucky--for one of us. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Such a mode of practice is of necessity happy-go-lucky; success depends upon chance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Next time you call, said she, I hope we shall be more lucky. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You are a luckier, if you mean that. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I say, Tom, this yer's the luckiest thing in the world. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- By the luckiest chance in the world, I had not discharged myself of any part of it. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Gentle thieves they are, in short, and courteous robbers; but it is ever the luckiest to meet with them when they are at the worSt. How so, Wamba? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ah, those little accidents will, of course, sometimes happen, to the luckiest man, he observed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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