lucky
1Origin of lucky
1Other words for lucky
Opposites for lucky
Other words from lucky
- luck·i·ness, noun
Other definitions for lucky (2 of 2)
or luck·ie
a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, especially a grandmother; granny.
a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid.
Origin of lucky
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use lucky in a sentence
Yet today l consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address | Ray Robinson | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt their luckiest, some writers skewer the present while accidentally anticipating events to come.
This 1979 Novel Predicted Putin’s Invasion Of Crimea | Michael Weiss | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThough, I still do run the Bobcat from time to time … I swear, my timing has made me the luckiest Marine.
A Man to Believe In: Eulogy for Marine Master Sergeant Aaron Torian | Elliot Ackerman | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe luckiest of them proceeded through the snow to a playground where Hoffman had often taken his three children.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Mourner’s Playground | Michael Daly | February 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUntil that day comes, CG Technology CEO Lee Amaitis might be the luckiest man in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Betting Scandal Earns $5.5 Million Fine but the Boss Walks | John L. Smith | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The same man answered: Luckiest for him was it that he gave King Svein his life.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonYou are the luckiest of men in having successfully managed to escape from this first dangerous pass in conjugal life.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacIt is, however, the luckiest event that could befall this country, for all may now be recovered.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonWhen I remember it all, I think I'm the luckiest fellow in the world.
An Old Man's Love | Anthony TrollopeUnluckier Household, which once seemed the luckiest of the world, was never known.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for lucky
/ (ˈlʌkɪ) /
having or bringing good fortune
happening by chance, esp as desired
Derived forms of lucky
- luckily, adverb
- luckiness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with lucky
see born under a lucky star; strike it rich (lucky); thank one's lucky stars.
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