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Definition of As luck would have it
1. Adverb. By good fortune. "Fortunately the weather was good"
Partainyms: Fortuitous, Fortunate, Lucky
Antonyms: Unfortunately, Unluckily
Definition of As luck would have it
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) As it happened; how it turned out; by good fortune; fortunately or luckily. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of As Luck Would Have It
Literary usage of As luck would have it
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"as luck would have it, just as we came abreast of Porter's, out elides that
eternal torment, BILL SIKES, in his new trotting sulky, with the brown horse ..."
2. A Grammar of Late Modern English: For the Use of Continental, Especially by Hendrik Poutsma (1904)
"as luck would have it, Haggles' house in Curson street was to let. VAN. FAIR,
II, Cii. II, 13. One day, as ill-luck would have it, the game became more ..."
3. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"There was only one course to pursue, for in one instant more he would have been
into me; so, quick as thought, I fired the gun, and, as luck would have it, ..."