variants
or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
—used especially of wind
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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Was David Peterson’s success as fluky as some of the peripheral stats suggested throughout last season?
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
But sometimes that kept the best teams from playing in the biggest games because of one fluky regular season loss – something that does not exist in literally any other American sport.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
How much of this turnaround is real, and how much of it might be a bit fluky?
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
While a flukey deflection contributed to that outcome, there’s no convenient excuse for how a Timmins blunder led to the Flyers’ second goal.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
But sometimes that kept the best teams from playing in the biggest games because of one fluky regular season loss – something that does not exist in literally any other American sport.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
How much of this turnaround is real, and how much of it might be a bit fluky?
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
While a flukey deflection contributed to that outcome, there’s no convenient excuse for how a Timmins blunder led to the Flyers’ second goal.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fluky
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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