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I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adjective

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accurate knowledge

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fortunately

Part of Speech: adverbPronunciation: /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənɪtli/Used In Literature ↓

In a fortunate manner.

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Poetry examples for fortunately

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But directed by the example ot some, who once steered in our quality,

and so fortunately aspired to choose your honour, joined with your (now

glorified) brother, (patrons to the flowing compositions of the tiien expired

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Making obsession has disadvantages; for instance, my only interest in

making money would be to make it. Fortunately, however, I should prefer

to make almost anything else, including locomotives and roses. It is

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resembles _history_ as little as _history_ resembles the Assyrian

record. Fortunately, the genius of the poet escaped from the meshes

which he had woven round himself, and, in spite of himself, he was

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Songs and Ballads_, Edin. 1774: 2 vols. octavo; but two recited copies

have fortunately been obtained from the recitation of old persons

residing at the head of Ettrick Forest, by which the story is brought

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'At a Calvary Near the Ancre'--all of which the reader may wish to

pursue, being some of Owen's finest work. Fortunately, the poem which I

consider his best, and which is one of his most quoted--'Dulce et

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