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fortunately
for·tu·nate·ly
[
fáwrchənətlee
]
adverb
Definition:
1.
luckily:
by lucky chance
2.
happily:
used to show that the speaker or writer is happy to be able to report something
Fortunately, we've been given more time to finish the job.
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