variants
or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
—used especially of wind
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Examples of fluky in a Sentence
a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit
the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery
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The Sharks fell behind 1-0 on a bit of a fluky bounce in the Wild’s favor.
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
The Oilers rallied in the third with a pair of fluky goals.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
But a fluky political moment had created the chance for something radical in New York.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
The fluky sequence occurred when a shot from Golden Knights winger Jonathan Marchessault glanced off Faber’s stick, fluttered into the air and landed behind Gustavsson to make it 1-0.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
The Oilers rallied in the third with a pair of fluky goals.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
But a fluky political moment had created the chance for something radical in New York.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
The fluky sequence occurred when a shot from Golden Knights winger Jonathan Marchessault glanced off Faber’s stick, fluttered into the air and landed behind Gustavsson to make it 1-0.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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