lucky adjective

/ˈlʌk.i/ adj

Definition

having good things happen to you by chance

"I'm going on holiday." "Lucky you!"

The lucky winner will be able to choose from three different holidays.

[+ to infinitive] They're lucky to have such a nice office to work in.

He's lucky that he wasn't fired.

It sounds as if you had a lucky escape (= by good chance you were able to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant).

We'll be lucky if we get there by midnight at this rate (= We might get there by midnight or it might be later).

(Definition of lucky adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

to worry

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