fortunately

Adverb

• by good fortune
  • "fortunately the weather was good"

Adv

• In a fortunate manner.
• It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.

Examples

• Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
• My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.

Synonyms

as luck would have it, fortuitously, luckily, auspiciously, happily, mercifully, thankfully

Antonyms

unfortunately, unluckily