fluky
adjective
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Definition of fluky
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Synonyms & Antonyms for fluky
Synonyms
fortuitous, fortunate, happy, heaven-sent, lucky, providential
Antonyms
hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky
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Examples of fluky in a Sentence
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In a fluky coincidence, Auerbach had connections to Nike co-founder Phil Knight. — oregonlive, "Bad blood, betrayal turns L.A. coach into Nike whistleblower," 7 Sep. 2019 Last week: 23-13 win over Pomona | This week: Thursday at Overland Some might call the Raiders’ win over Pomona fluky. — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, "Colorado Prep Football Power 20, Week 2: Going the distance with Valor Christian," 5 Sep. 2019 The Giants’ bats were mostly held in check again Saturday, and this time, there was no dramatic rally or fluky play in the outfield coming to the rescue. — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, "Takeaways: Fatigue starting to have effect on Giants’ offense," 20 July 2019 Both clubs benefited from fluky circumstances to score runs in a 51-pitch, 39-minute first inning. — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, "Dodgers go extra innings to win series after Red Sox rally against Pedro Baez," 14 July 2019 But the painful and fluky ending of Game 6 of that Cup Final stuck to him. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Once again, an imperfect finish for Tuukka Rask," 13 June 2019 The Tigers managed to score a fluky run in the top of the eighth. — Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, "'It's heartbreaking because I love this team': Egon Hein helps St. Charles North finish second in Class 4A," 10 June 2019 But the immune system was thought to be just one fluky exception, and DNA variation elsewhere in the body was written off as error, the unfortunate result of imperfections in the copying machinery. — Quanta Magazine, "I Contain Multitudes," 21 Aug. 2014 No doubt Backstrom factored prominently—and fortuitously, benefiting from a fluky carom over Bobrovsky’s shoulders for a first-period goal before jutting out his stick on defenseman Dmitry Orlov’s point shot in sudden death. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Despite an Uninspiring Third Period, Washington Finds a Way to Win Game 5," 21 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fluky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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