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English
Etymology
From fortunate + -ly .
Pronunciation
Adverb
fortunately (comparative more fortunately , superlative most fortunately )
In a fortunate manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
Synonyms
Translations
in a fortunate manner
Armenian: բարեբախտաբար (hy) ( barebaxtabar )
Belarusian: уда́чна ( udáčna ) , уда́ла ( udála ) , шчаслі́ва ( ščaslíva ) , паспяхо́ва ( paspjaxóva )
Bulgarian: щастливо (bg) ( štastlivo ) , сполучливо (bg) ( spolučlivo )
Catalan: afortunadament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸得 (zh) ( xìngdé )
Czech: naštěstí (cs)
Dutch: gelukkig (nl) , gelukkigerwijs (nl)
Esperanto: feliĉe
Finnish: onnekkaasti (fi)
French: heureusement (fr)
Georgian: საბედნიეროდ ( sabednierod )
German: mit Glück , glücklich (de)
Greek: ευτυχώς (el) ( eftychós )
Italian: fortunatamente (it)
Maori: māringanui ( interjection )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heldigvis (no)
Nynorsk: heldigvis
Persian: خوشبختانه (fa) ( xošbaxtâne )
Polish: szczęśliwie (pl)
Portuguese: afortunadamente
Russian: уда́чно (ru) ( udáčno ) , счастли́во (ru) ( sčastlívo ) , успе́шно (ru) ( uspéšno )
Serbo-Croatian: nasreću
Spanish: afortunadamente (es)
Swedish: lyckligtvis (sv)
Ukrainian: вда́ло (uk) ( vdálo ) , уда́тно ( udátno ) , щасли́во (uk) ( ščaslývo ) , успі́шно ( uspíšno )
it is fortunate that
Arabic: لِحُسْن اَلْحَظّ ( li-ḥusn al-ḥaẓẓ )
Armenian: բարեբախտաբար (hy) ( barebaxtabar )
Azerbaijani: xoşbəxtlikdən
Belarusian: на шча́сце ( na ščáscje )
Bulgarian: за щастие ( za štastie )
Catalan: feliçment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸好 (zh) ( xìnghǎo )
Finnish: onneksi (fi)
French: heureusement (fr) , par bonheur (fr) , par chance (fr)
Georgian: საბედნიეროდ ( sabednierod )
German: zum Glück (de) ; Gott sei Dank (de) ( chiefly colloquial ) ; glücklicherweise (de) ( chiefly formal )
Indonesian: untungnya (id)
Interlingua: fortunatemente
Italian: per fortuna , fortunatamente (it)
Japanese: 幸運にも (ja) ( こううんにも, kōun nimo )
Korean: 다행스럽게도 ( dahaengseureopgedo ) , 운 좋게도 ( un jokedo )
Latin: feliciter
Maori: maringanui , māringanui , mokori anō
Norman: par bounheur ( Guernsey )
Persian: خوشبختانه (fa) ( xošbaxtâne )
Polish: na szczęście (pl)
Portuguese: felizmente (pt)
Romanian: din fericire
Russian: к сча́стью (ru) ( k sčástʹju )
Spanish: dichosamente (es)
Swedish: lyckligtvis (sv) , som tur är
Tagalog: sa kabutihang palad
Turkish: neyse ki , Allah'tan (tr) , çok şükür , iyi ki
Ukrainian: на ща́стя ( na ščástja )