fortunate
/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ adjective B1- Auspicious. · It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
- Happening by good luck or favorable chance. · Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
- Favored by fortune. · We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.· This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.
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I must say it was fortunate you knew what to do.
“Isn’t it fortunate I’ve got such an imagination?” said Anne.
The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse.
Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough to be never without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball.
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