lucky

[LuckĀ·y]

When you're lucky, things work out well for you you experience good fortune. If you're feeling lucky, it might be a good day to buy a lottery ticket or guess the number of jelly beans in a jar.

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Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

Adjective S.
tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

Adjective S.
blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"

Adjective
having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"


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.


Lucky

Luck"y , a. [Compar. Luckier ; superl. Luckiest.] 1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." Spenser. 2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
We doubt not of a fair and lucky war.
Syn. -- Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Usage Examples

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

Everyone in Hollywood wanted a role in this movie. Everyone wanted to have a part in it. I feel so lucky that I got one, but what I find so cool about 'Hunger Games' is that the real star is the story itself.

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.

I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.

All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.

Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

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Other Usage Examples

I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.

After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.

For as long as I've been acting, I have been very lucky to be paired with really great actresses playing my mom.

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.

A big part of who I am is just the way I was raised. Nobody is better than anyone else, and if you really work hard, you might get lucky and get what you want.

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