adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We were late getting to the airport, but fortunately our plane was delayed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About five weeks ago there was a very nasty accident, fortunately nobody was injured, unlike this time.
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Haute couture, fortunately , is simply called couture.
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The success of Beauty and the Beast was fortunately timed.
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They were fortunately innocent of the fact that Monet charged them some 60 percent more than he charged his fellow countrymen.
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We were not, fortunately , asked to watch each other but only to get involved in our own scenario.