fortuitous
adj/fɔːˈtjuː.ɪ.təs/UK/foɹˈt͡ʃu.ɪ.tɪs/US/foːˈt͡ʃʉː.ɘ.tɘs/
Etymology
From Latin fortuītus.
- derived from fortuītus
Definitions
Happening by chance
Happening by chance; coincidental, accidental.
- […] and during the ten days of their stay at Hartfield it was not to be expected—she did not herself expect—that any thing beyond occasional, fortuitous assistance could be afforded by her to the lovers.
- Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations?
Happening by a lucky chance
Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.
- And then he met John Dowsett, the great John Dowsett. The whole thing was fortuitous. This cannot be doubted.
- England were ragged at this point but the response was full of conviction, equalising swiftly then taking control before the tiring Danes and the magnificent Schmeichel were finally overcome with Kane's fortuitous winner.
Happening independently of human will.
The neighborhood
Derived
fortuitously, fortuitousness, fortuity, nonfortuitous, unfortuitous
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fortuitous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA