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fortuitous
Meaning: happening by chance; accidental (the 'lucky' sense is a common but disputed extension)
fortuitous in a sentence
How fortuitous is used in real sentences:
Their fortuitous meeting on the train led to a friendship.
Their fortuitous meeting at the airport began a long friendship.
“A fortuitous scheduling error sent Chen to the library’s wrong storeroom, where she noticed boxes of uncataloged union recordings.”
— from the passage Voices Across Generations
Synonyms for fortuitous
Other words for fortuitous — chance, accidental, serendipitous and unplanned — carry the same meaning.
- chance
- accidental
- serendipitous
- unplanned
Antonyms of fortuitous
Words that mean the opposite of fortuitous:
- planned
- deliberate
- intentional
Where it comes from
From Latin fors 'chance'
Memory hook
FORTUITOUS — FORTUNE-itous, lucky.
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