lucky

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Scrabble points: 14
Words With Friends: 16
Letters: 5

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌki/

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/ˈlʌki/ · /ˈlʊki/

Definition of lucky

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

“a lucky adventurer”
“The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.”
“I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.”
“They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate”
“The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.”

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adj

Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

“a lucky adventurer”
“The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.”
“I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.”
“They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate”
“The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.”
Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

“a lucky mistake”
“a lucky cast”
“a lucky hour”
“A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket.”

noun

seven

name

A surname.
A given name for a dog.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).