adverb
definition
In a fortunate manner.
definition
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
example
Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.
Examples of fortunately in a Sentence
Fortunately, breakfast was nothing like she imagined.
Fortunately, Gerald and Sam had escaped.
I am serious and fortunately in a perfect position to act.
Fortunately she had a forgiving nature.
Fortunately, no human-made weapon was able to hurt him.
Fortunately, there was no opportunity to discuss the situation with the children present.
Fortunately Alex didn't notice.
Fortunately, Brutus wasn't the culprit.
Fortunately he was also caring and compassionate.
Fortunately, I'm not the one with my soul on the line.
Fortunately, her father heard a car drive away so the time of abduction was clearly set.
Fortunately, room 22 was taken and they settled for adjoining rooms on the second floor near the end of the building.
But fortunately for us both, I am a little stronger, and quite as obstinate when I set out.
Fortunately, Jonathan had already gone to bed.
Fortunately, after a week or two, the public grew bored with the subject and it slipped away like a bear in winter.
Fortunately, he was good at reminding her what kind of …creature he actually was.
Fortunately there had been no sign of slain deer or wild dogs.
Fortunately, she had leverage, and she Saw she might need it before the week was over.
Fortunately, there's no shortage of great restaurants in town.
Fortunately, the curls were now loose waves.
Fortunately, Bill was equally smitten with Katie.
Fortunately, things look bleaker every day, he replied with amusement.
But, fortunately for her, she felt her eyes growing misty, she saw nothing clearly, her pulse beat a hundred to the minute, and the blood throbbed at her heart.
Fortunately, her mind was on auto-pilot.
Fortunately, he had the foresight to make it a legal adoption.
Fortunately Morino saw the ad for Apple Hors Devours in the local paper and recognized Alfonso's cell phone number before they made their first sale.
Fortunately, the possibilities are endless.
The position seemed critical; but, fortunately for the king, the south and west gave no effective support to the rebellion.
Thomas's work, fortunately, fell into the hands of a true poet in the person of Gottfried von Strassburg, whose Tristan and Isolde is, from a literary point of view, the gem of medieval German literature.
Fortunately, you don't have to be a genius to be a successful startup founder.
Fortunately, most people believe there's no real long-term damage caused when a celebrity decides to give his/her child an unusual name.
Fortunately, there are more options than most preemie parents realize - even at your local mall.
Fortunately, babies don't have a lot of preferences in the decorating department.
Fortunately, a few simple principles can guide your choices.
Haitian families must sometimes place their children in orphanages because they cannot afford to feed them, but fortunately, these orphanages are typically family run and offer good care to the children.
Fortunately, there is a variety of baby monitors for the hearing impaired on the market.
Fortunately there is one good source for almost every Eurail package available, the RailEurope homepage.
Fortunately for you this means bargains galore.
Some consumers may have difficulty finding just the right tree from local merchants, but fortunately there are many online options for different sizes, styles, and species of Christmas trees.
Fortunately, the process is not difficult.
Fortunately, the digital age means valuable support and factual information lies a few keystrokes away.
The map, apparently of the 3rd century, was copied by a monk at Colmar, in 1265, who fortunately contented himself with adding a few scriptural names, and having been acquired by the learned Conrad Peutinger of FIG.
Fortunately for herself, and for Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna, with all her shortcomings, had inherited some of her father's genius for government.
The supply of agency for these duties is, fortunately, not deficient.
Fortunately the college was more or less successful, owing largely to his enthusiasm and energy, and many of the men who were trained there subsequently made their mark in chemical history.
Fortunately mosquitoes are not a serious plague outside a few marshy localities.
Fortunately a tolerance is soon established in the majority of cases.
Fortunately, too, at this crisis of their history, the Lithuanians were blessed with an altogether exceptional series of great rulers, who showed themselves fully capable of taking care of themselves.
Fortunately for the integrity of the Polish state the premature death of Alexander in 1506 brought upon the throne his capable brother Sigismund, the fifth son of Casimir IV., whose long reign of gismundl., forty-two years was salutary, and would have been so 6-1548.
For Poland, unlike Scotland, was fortunately, in those days of difficult inter-communication, not too far off, and it is indisputable that in the first instance it was the papal nuncios, men like Berard of Camerino and Giovanni Commendone, who reorganized the scattered and faint-hearted battalions of the Church militant in Poland and led them back to victory.