fortunately
As luck allows
Fortunately signals that what follows is lucky or welcome, often against expectations: Fortunately, no one was hurt in the crash.
It frames events as having turned out well.
The word typically opens a sentence, setting up relief or good news before delivering it.
By good fortune
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
serendipity · kismet · providence · fate · destiny · windfall · break · accident
With grateful relief
- mercifullyWith compassion or relief
- gratefullyWith thankful acknowledgment
- reassuringlyIn confidence-restoring fashion
- comfortinglyIn a consoling manner
soothingly · blessedly · happily · gladly · consolingly · encouragingly
luckily
By good fortune
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
happenstance · serendipity · kismet · providence · fate · destiny · windfall · break · accident · randomness
thankfully
With grateful relief
- mercifullyWith compassion or relief
- gratefullyWith thankful acknowledgment
- reassuringlyIn confidence-restoring fashion
comfortingly · soothingly · blessedly · happily · gladly · consolingly · encouragingly
- -ly adverbsaccidentally, randomly, unexpectedly, luckily, coincidentally
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- fillersfiller, gap filler, filler material, caulk, grout
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
fortunatelyunfortunately
Expressing bad luck
unluckily · sadly · regrettably · unhappily · alas
- Fortunate SonAdvantaged male descendant
- helping the less fortunate