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Fortunate

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.

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Auspicious 84% connected

Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

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Auspicious 84% connected

Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

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Blessed 84% connected

of Bless

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Blessed 84% connected

of Bless

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Blest 84% connected

of Bless

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Blest 84% connected

of Bless

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Felicitous 84% connected

Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.

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Felicitous 84% connected

Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.

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Fortuitous 84% connected

Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

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Fortuitous 84% connected

Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Happy 84% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

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Happy 84% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

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Lucky 84% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Lucky 84% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Miraculous 84% connected

Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

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Miraculous 84% connected

Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

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Providential 84% connected

Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.

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Providential 84% connected

Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.

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Well 84% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Well 84% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Lucky 66% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Lucky 66% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Successful 66% connected

Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; h…

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Successful 66% connected

Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; h…

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Golden 92% connected

Made of gold; consisting of gold.

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Rosy 92% connected

Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.

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Unfortunate 94% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Unfortunate 94% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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