Fortuitous
[fɔː'tjuːɪtəs] or [fɔr'tuɪtəs]
Definition
(adj.) occurring by happy chance; 'profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials' .
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Definition
(a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
(a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Accidental, undesigned
ANT:Designed, purposed
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Definition
adj. happening by chance.—ns. Fortū′itism; Fortū′itist.—adv. Fortū′itously.—ns. Fortū′itousness Fortū′ity.
Typist: Shirley
Examples
- If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To some extent there has been a popular notion that many of Edison's successes have been due to mere dumb fool luck--to blind, fortuitous happenings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Shirley