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Fortuitous
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What's The Definition Of Fortuitous?
[adj] occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
[adj] having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fortuitous: causeless | fortunate | uncaused | unintended Related Terms | Find terms related to Fortuitous: accessory | accidental | additional | adscititious | adventitious | aleatory | appurtenant | ascititious | auxiliary | casual | causeless | chance | chancy | circumstantial | collateral | contingent | destinal | dicey | extra | fatal | fatidic | fluky | iffy | incidental | indeterminate | inessential | nonessential | odd | risky | secondary | subsidiary | superadded | superfluous | supervenient | supplemental | supplementary | uncaused | undetermined | unessential | unexpected | unforeseeable | unforeseen | unlooked-for | unpredictable See Also | Fortuitous In Webster's Dictionary \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
{Fortune}.]
1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
concourse of atoms.
It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
--Robertson.
So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
the whole. --Hazlitt.
2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
--Abbott.
Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
{Accidental}. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. --
{For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.
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