lucky

How to use lucky in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lucky.

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I feel so incredibly lucky to live in a country where healthcare is free.

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Quick take

occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lucky gathered in one view.

adjective

occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess"

adjective

having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man"

adjective

presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lucky.

adjective

occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess"

adjective

having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man"

adjective

presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

See also: golden, favorable, favourable, prosperous

Example sentences

I feel so incredibly lucky to live in a country where healthcare is free.

If the challenger is very, very lucky, the Supreme Court will have time to hear the case.

All successful startups are lucky, but they're never just lucky.

I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to take the company this far with all of you.

As in "we stopped testing his code years ago." Or just calling someone team _. As in you could get 15-30 people working on a project or if your lucky Bob.

They must be BS charges, but lucky for them they manage to convince those people to agree with a "lesser punishment" before there even is a trial.

Not because I was lucky and not because I was blessed and not because I was in the right club, but because I had been making a contribution for years before I started demanding things.

We have so far been lucky that none of our victims have had the military power and political will to retaliate in the vicious and violent manner that we would.

I think David Foster Wallace gives the most accurate comparison I've read, and I always want to show it to those lucky souls who have never had to deal with this type of depression:The so-called psychotically depressed person who tries to kill herself doesnt do so out of quote hopelessness or any abstract conviction that lifes assets and debits do not square.