fortunate

  1. Adjective.  Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
  2. Adjective.  Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
  3. Adjective.  Presaging happiness.
  4. Adjective.  Auspicious.
  5. Adjective.  Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
  6. Adjective.  Lucky, favored by fortune.

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