Definition of “fortunate”

Even now I have Thea and Herbert with me every day... I'm a fortunate old woman.

I've heard people say we should have done better against Arsenal and that we were fortunate.

In this State, we are fortunate that all the main parties have eschewed racist policies.

Let's hope the other guests who were out walking like us have been as fortunate.

Monkeys will be quite fortunate in money affairs this month.

Nathan's friend, who later became his partner, had thought Nathan fortunate to be offered a girl whose beauty was an unexpected bonus.

Or, much more accurately, I sought to avoid not being famous and fortunate.

We are fortunate that a good many of us live in societies where you don't have to be morally competent to have legal rights.

Westwood admitted he was fortunate to find his drive at the thirty-fifth, which just stopped short of the woods.