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Lucky   /lˈəki/   Listen
Lucky

adjective
(compar. luckier; superl. luckiest)
1.
Occurring by chance.  "A lucky guess"
2.
Having or bringing good fortune.  "A lucky man"
3.
Presaging or likely to bring good luck.  Synonyms: favorable, favourable, golden, prosperous.  "Lucky stars" , "A prosperous moment to make a decision"



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"Lucky" Quotes from Famous Books



... addition to the party was a Munchkin boy of about Button Bright's age, named Ojo. He was often called "Ojo the Lucky," because good fortune followed him wherever he went. He and Button Bright were close friends, although of such different natures, and Trot and Betsy were fond ...
— Glinda of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... footsore and weary our steeds at last grew! Oh, hungry and dreary the long moments drew! We froze to our saddles, spur hardly could ply: What of that! we were lucky, and now ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... at this freak of nature—for I can scarcely call it anything else. Then, while I was a lad, we had such a thing as a hermit in Holme (House) Wood. The name of this hermit I used to be told was "Lucky Luke." For a score of years did "Luke" live in Holme Wood. I remember my mother giving the old man his breakfast when he used to call at our house. His personal appearance frightened me very much. He wore the whole of his beard, which was of ...
— Adventures and Recollections • Bill o'th' Hoylus End

... "Lucky guy; he can get around on his feet, and I'll bet he isn't starving, either. You know, speaking about food, I'm going to feel like a cannibal eating carniculture meat, now. My whole back's carniculture." He filled his mouth with whatever it was they were feeding him and ...
— Four-Day Planet • Henry Beam Piper

... at the daisies and buttercups that border your path. You calculate, almost indifferently, the distance between you and the bursting shell. You somehow feel that nothing will harm you. You are not afraid; and if you are lucky, as we were, you will find the automobiles waiting for you just over there beyond the ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


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