With or by good fortune; successfully; fortunately, luckily (now frequently as a sentence adverb).

With good luck or fortune, fortunately. Obsolete.

In a blessed manner; fortunately, happily.

(a) By chance, by accident. (b) Fortunately, happily.

With impersonal verbs used optatively. Now archaic and rare.

= luckily, adv.

In a fortunate manner; by or with good fortune, happily, luckily, successfully. In modern use often qualifying the whole sentence, intimating…

by fortune.

As a sentence adverb: fortunately; as a result of good luck. Also in luckily for ——, specifying the person experiencing the good fortune.

By or as by the intervention of Providence; fortunately, luckily.

= comically, adv.

By special intervention of Providence; luckily, fortunately.

In a comic or comical manner.

Scottish. Pleasingly, happily. Obsolete. rare.

Ugandan English. As a sentence adverb: fortunately, luckily.