fortuitously
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7.5
- adverb
- /fɔrˈtjuːɪtəsli/
- Formal
:
fortuitamente
- Fortuitously, the New England regional headquarters of the Corps is in Waltham, Massachusetts, within the Charles watershed.
- meet each other fortuitously
- their careers coincided fortuitously
- it turned out fortuitously
And then when they, when they got into elementary school, I just fortuitously got The West Wing script.
- And then when they, when they got into elementary school, I just fortuitously got The West Wing script.
- So, so it we fortuitously the nearest star system, the nearest star of the nearest star system has a planet that's Earth like.
Examples
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Fortuitously, a back-burner project that would become essential to the proposed move was already in progress.
Academic text (2014) -
It fortuitously ensures our success in this enterprise.
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Why did you come to my rescue so fortuitously, huh?
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The problems of the Museum of the American Indian in New York were fortuitously taken advantage of in Washington, advanced by strong congressional support.
Academic text (2006) -
The papers and sessions were held at the University of Wittenberg, which fortuitously was celebrating its five-hundredth anniversary.
Academic text (2002) -
Intentions to aid a victim are likely to yield greater attributions of altruism than the same aid that occurs fortuitously.
Academic text (1991) -
"Hello, hello," she said cheerfully because the he-loves-you, he-loves-you-not, he-loves-you game she had transposed had ended fortuitously.
Fiction book (2000) -
Our study encompassed four spring migration periods—2010 through 2013—which fortuitously alternated between warmer and colder than average temperatures.
Academic text (2016) -
I fortuitously found a $20 bill on the sidewalk while walking to the store.
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After missing my bus, I fortuitously bumped into an old friend at the coffee shop.
Synonyms
425
2.5
By good luck, things turn out well
284
1.0
By good chance in a way that turns out well
83
1.0
By good luck, a person or thing turns out well
7
5.4
Happens by chance in a lucky, helpful way
4
5.2
In a way that brings relief and makes you feel thankful
2
7.7
In a way that happens by chance and brings a good result
1
8.8
In a way that seems like lucky help from above
By chance something happens, often in a good or bad way
Antonyms
How Lucky
62
5.9
2
7.7
- Formal
4
7.5
60
4.9
66
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
fortuitously = fortuitous (transparent) = fortuit + ly
The adverb 'fortuitously' is transparently derived from the adjective 'fortuitous' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Fortuitously comes from the Latin fortuitus and is linked to the English words fortune and fortunate, which mean 'luck'. So to do something fortuitously is to have it happen 'by chance' in a lucky way.