say it: FAWR-chuh-nuht-lee
fortunately is an adverb meaning "by good fortune". It is pronounced /ˈfɔɹtʃənətli/ — FAWR-chuh-nuht-lee. It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fortunately come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.