(luckier, luckiest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You say that someone is ~ when they have something that is very desirable or when they are in a very desirable situation.
I am luckier than most. I have a job...
He is incredibly ~ to be alive...
Those who are ~ enough to be wealthy have a duty to give to the hungry.
= fortunate
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf
2.
Someone who is ~ seems to always have good luck.
Some people are born ~ aren’t they?...
He had always been ~ at cards.
ADJ
3.
If you describe an action or experience as ~, you mean that it was good or successful, and that it happened by chance and not as a result of planning or preparation.
They admit they are now desperate for a ~ break...
He was ~ that it was only a can of beer that knocked him on the head.
ADJ
4.
A ~ object is something that people believe helps them to be successful.
He did not have on his other ~ charm, a pair of green socks.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
5.
see also happy-go-~
6.
If you say that someone will be ~ to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
You’ll be ~ if you get any breakfast...
Those remaining in work will be ~ to get the smallest of pay increases...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR if, PHR to-inf
7.
If you strike ~ or strike it ~, you have some good luck. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
You may strike ~ and find a sympathetic and helpful clerk, but, there again, you might not.
PHRASE: V inflects