luckiness


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luck·y

 (lŭk′ē)
adj. luck·i·er, luck·i·est
1. Having or attended by good luck. See Synonyms at fortunate.
2. Believed to bring good luck: hoped to draw a lucky number.

luck′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
successfulness, prosperity - the condition of prospering; having good fortune
boon, blessing - a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
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luckiness

noun
Success attained as a result of chance:
Idiom: good fortune.
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Translations
حُسْن الحَظ
štěstí
held
szerencsés
heppni
şanslılıktalihlilik

luck

(lak) noun
1. the state of happening by chance. Whether you win or not is just luck – there's no skill involved.
2. something good which happens by chance. She has all the luck!
ˈluckless adjective
unfortunate. luckless children.
ˈlucky adjective
1. having good luck. He was very lucky to escape alive.
2. bringing good luck. a lucky number; a lucky charm.
ˈluckily adverb
ˈluckiness noun
lucky dip
a form of amusement at a fair etc in which prizes are drawn from a container without the taker seeing what he is getting.
bad luck!
an expression of sympathy for someone who has failed or been unlucky.
good luck!
an expression of encouragement made to someone who is about to take part in a competition, sit an exam etc. She wished him good luck.
worse luck!
most unfortunately!. He's allowing me to go, but he's coming too, worse luck!
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"The Pricing of 'Luckiness' in the Apartment Market." Journal of Real Estate Literature, 9, 2001, 31-40.
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Use this luckiness in love to have lots of flirtatious fun, but also find yourself a potential longtime lad.
Pryor & Bright (2005b), drawing on this work and that of Mitchell, Levin & Krumboltz (1999), identified eight dimensions of luck readiness: flexibility, optimism, risk, curiosity, persistence, self-efficacy, strategy and luckiness. Chaos theory career counsellors may assist clients to identify particular strengths and limitations in these dimensions through assessment (Bright & Pryor, 2007) and then indicate a range of ways in which such skills and insights might be developed and enhanced.
If there were luckiness, educated middle class of the Islamic countries would bring the Islamic enlightenment but it would not have many links to the 'dialogue with Islam'", in this way, Rorty (2007:27) is sceptical about the dialogue.
He that does not this to the best of his Power, however he sometimes lights on Truth, is in the right but by chance; and I know not whether the luckiness of the Accident will excuse the irregularity of his proceeding.