presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
"a favorable time to ask for a raise"
"lucky stars"
"a prosperous moment to make a decision"
Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
"She felt incredibly lucky when her favorite lottery numbers were drawn on the same day she bought a ticket."
In plain English: Lucky means you get something good or avoid something bad just by chance without trying hard.
"We were lucky to find a parking spot so close to the restaurant."
Usage: Use "lucky" to describe someone or something that experiences favorable outcomes through chance rather than skill or effort. It correctly applies to situations where good fortune occurs unexpectedly, such as finding money on the ground or winning a prize by accident.
A surname.
"The lucky family has owned that house for three generations."
The word "lucky" comes from Middle English lukky, which combined the root for luck with a suffix meaning "-y." It is related to similar words in Dutch and German that mean both lucky and happy.