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lucky
What does lucky mean?
lucky (adjective): favored by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce lucky?
/ˈlʌki/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lucky come from?
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to lucky
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “lucky” mean?
favored by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune
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characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
Not quite: that's what loud means.
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
Not quite: that's what legal means.
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Not quite: that's what dark means.
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