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luckily

 adverb
     
luck‧i‧ly S3
[sentence adverb] used to say that it is good that something happened or was done because if it had not, the situation would be unpleasant or difficult [= fortunately]:
Luckily the museum was not damaged by the earthquake.
luckily for somebody
Luckily for them, he braked in time.
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