fortunately

Adverb

1. In a fortunate manner.
2. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
   • Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
   • My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.
   • […]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange. - 1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season: