lucky
occurring by chance
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,881 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,731 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- occurring by chance a lucky escapea lucky guess
- having or bringing good fortune my lucky daya lucky man
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome also: golden, favorable, favourable, prosperous a favorable time to ask for a raiselucky stars
lucky in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It's lucky he can't see this one!
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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And "Lucky Sweets," babie, will catch thine off eye.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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How lucky 'twas full o' round coals, Or ve might ha' capsized her--perhaps!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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So you see it was very lucky for the Twins that the wall was there.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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And he must have been lucky in his operations; for he had never been so pleasant at home.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1