Synonyms for fortunately
for·tu·nate·ly

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1. fortunatelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   auspiciously, mercifully, happily, thankfully, luckily

2. fortunatelyadverb

   In a fortunate manner.

   Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.

   Synonyms:
   auspiciously, thankfully, happily, luckily, mercifully

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1. fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have itadverb

   by good fortune

   "fortunately the weather was good"

   Synonyms:
   luckily, as luck would have it, fortuitously

   Antonyms:
   unluckily, regrettably, alas, unfortunately

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1. List of paraphrases for "fortunately":

   luckily, thankfully, happily, mercifully, lucky, hopefully, merrily, happy, fortunate

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How to use fortunately in a sentence?

1. Pramod Giri:

   Fortunately, the rod did not pierce any major blood vessels in the brain.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   I was curious as to what the delay was, fortunately the aid was released and I think it was an important step for our Ukrainian friends.

3. Dario Franceschini:

   The earthquake in Florence fortunately did not damage the government’s cultural assets, but it has made the need to approve this project even more urgent. A masterpiece like David must not be left to any risk.

4. Lou Lamoriello:

   There's been no damage to his eye, he felt the skate blade hit his eye, but fortunately just got the eyelid.

5. Kenneth Marcus:

   Failure of the FBI to understand this is something of a pattern with law enforcement in the United States and frankly in Europe. It seems that time after time, we see law enforcement officials fail to understand when an antisemitic incident occurs, even when it's entirely obvious, and sometimes the results of that are tragic. This time, fortunately, they have not been, if the law enforcement community doesn't understand what's going on, they're not going to be able to address the fallout from this.