Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
" Lucky wight." --Spenser.
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2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
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We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lucky
adj 1: blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that
the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"
2: having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day" [ant: unlucky]
3: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are
auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable
time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous
moment to make a decision" [syn: auspicious, encouraging,
favorable, favourable, prosperous]
[also: luckiest, luckier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "lucky":
advantageous, appropriate, auspicious, befitting, beneficial,
benign, benignant, blessed, blessed with luck, bright, charmed,
convenient, expedient, fair, favorable, favored, favoring,
felicitous, fit, fitting, fortuitous, fortunate, full of promise,
golden, good, happy, in luck, meet, of good omen, of happy portent,
of promise, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious,
prosperous, providential, ripe, seasonable, sortable, suitable,
timely, well, well-timed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Lucky, LA (village, FIPS 46370)
Location: 32.24353 N, 93.01279 W
Population (1990): 342 (121 housing units)
Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Lucky, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 355
Housing Units (2000): 151
Land area (2000): 8.194867 sq. miles (21.224606 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011745 sq. miles (0.030420 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.206612 sq. miles (21.255026 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46370
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.233692 N, 93.015515 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lucky, LA
Lucky
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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