fortunately
/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive."
- "My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school."
- "[…]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange."
- "Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate."
- "Most pitchside medical staff fortunately will never have to treat a life threatening injury on the field of play."
- "Fortunately for the noncampers, half of the hotel rooms overlook the seaside stage, making attendance almost automatic, and very convenient in bad weather."
Etymology
Etymology tree English fortunate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English fortunately From fortunate + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
- British English: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
Inflected Forms
more fortunately (comparative)
most fortunately (superlative)