unluckily
By bad chance
Unluckily is an adverb meaning in an unfortunate manner or by bad luck.
It often appears at the beginning of a sentence to frame what follows as regrettable: Unluckily, the rain started just as we arrived.
It functions as the opposite of luckily and is interchangeable with unfortunately, though it more specifically emphasizes chance or fate rather than general misfortune.
Expressing bad luck
- regrettablyWith disappointment expressed
- sadlyIn a sorrowful manner
- unhappilyIn a sorrowful way
- alasExpression of regret
woefully · lamentably · dismally · tragically · disastrously · catastrophically · adversely · inauspiciously
Afflicted with misfortune
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- hexedPlaced under curse
- ill-fatedDestined to fail
- doomedDestined for destruction
star-crossed · snakebitten · ill-omened · blighted · bedeviled · accursed · fated · destined
Without deliberate selection
- coincidentallyOccurring together unplanned
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
- unintentionallyWithout deliberate intent
- inadvertentlyWithout conscious intention
unexpectedly · fortuitously · incidentally · haphazardly · unpredictably · unwittingly · by chance · against the odds
unfortunately
Expressing bad luck
- regrettablyWith disappointment expressed
- sadlyIn a sorrowful manner
- unhappilyIn a sorrowful way
alas · woefully · lamentably · dismally · tragically · disastrously · catastrophically · adversely · inauspiciously · haplessly
jinxed
Afflicted with misfortune
doomed · star-crossed · snakebitten · ill-omened · blighted · bedeviled · accursed · fated · destined · karmically
randomly
Without deliberate selection
- coincidentallyOccurring together unplanned
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
- unintentionallyWithout deliberate intent
inadvertently · unexpectedly · fortuitously · incidentally · haphazardly · unpredictably · unwittingly · by chance · against the odds
unluckilyluckily
By good fortune
fortunately · fortuitously · thankfully · happily · mercifully
luck, lucky, unlucky, luckily, luckless, luckier, luckiest, luckiness, lucklessness