fortunate
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profitable, helpful, prosperous, successful, well-off, lucky, encouraging, healthy, fortuitous, wealthy, affluent, happy, advantageous, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, favorable, favoredExamples from the Web for fortunate
Contemporary Examples of fortunate
I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
“He is fortunate he found himself in the same room,” David Kirkpatrick, author of a book about the website, told the Times.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power CoupleJames Kirchick
December 9, 2014
She is aware that both personally and professionally, she has been fortunate.
“It was the least fortunate or unlucky place to be born female,” she said.
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If America is fortunate, the economy will continue to improve, while the 2016 campaign will focus on what ails the country.
Historical Examples of fortunate
But am I so fortunate as to find you willing to return with me?
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Going to his office, he was fortunate enough to find him in, and unengaged.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
You are, indeed, fortunate in having escaped from the snare he laid for you.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Unless we are fortunate enough to find some, retreat is inevitable.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
We have been most fortunate in finding water, and I am indeed very thankful for it.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest