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    miraculous
    mi‧rac‧u‧lous /mɪˈrækjələs, mɪˈrækjʊləs/ adjective
    1. very good, completely unexpected, and often very lucky:
        She made a miraculous recovery from her injuries.
        They had a miraculous escape when their car plunged into a river.
    2. a miraculous action or event is believed to be caused by God, and is impossible according to the ordinary laws of nature:
        miraculous powers of healing
    —miraculously adverb:
        Miraculously, no one was killed.
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ lucky happening because of good luck, or bringing you good luck: a lucky guess | Seven is considered a lucky number. | It’s lucky that I’ve got some spare keys. | Italy got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game. | ‘How did you know he’d be there?’ ‘It was a lucky guess.’
       ▪ fortunate happening because of good luck. Fortunate is more formal than lucky: It was extremely fortunate that there was no one in the building when the bomb went off. | I’m in the fortunate position of doing a job I love. | Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.
       ▪ it’s a good thing (that) (also it’s a good job (that) British English) spoken used when saying that there would have been problems if something had not happened: It’s a good thing that you brought an umbrella with you. | It’s a good job I’m here to help.
       ▪ miraculous extremely lucky in a way that is almost unbelievable: A teenager had a miraculous escape last night when the car she was travelling in overturned. | The doctor gave her a month to live but she made a miraculous recovery. | It was miraculous that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
       ▪ fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːətəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-, fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-/ formal happening because of good luck: a fortuitous decision | a fortuitous coincidence | It was fortuitous that no one else was hurt.
       ▪ a fluke /fluːk/ informal something that happens by chance, not because of skill or good judgement: The goal was a fluke. | By a fluke, he managed to get the question right.
       ▪ be in the right place at the right time used when saying that someone is lucky and the situation is right for them: Making money from buying property is easy – you just have to be in the right place at the right time.