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FORTUITOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring by happy chance
Example:
profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
Classified under:
Similar:
fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)
Derivation:
fortuitousness (the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having no cause or apparent cause
Example:
we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
Synonyms:
causeless; fortuitous; uncaused
Classified under:
Similar:
unintended (not deliberate)
Derivation:
fortuitousness (the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance)
