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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fawr-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu-



Definition of fortuitous

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin fortuitus "happening by chance, casual, accidental," from forte "by chance," ablative of fors "chance" (related to fortuna; see fortune). It means "accidental, undesigned" not "fortunate." Earlier in this sense was fortuit (late 14c.), from French. Related: Fortuitously; fortuitousness.
  • adj lucky, accidental
Example sentences :
  • Nor would the treasure ever have been found but for a most fortuitous accident.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Invention was no longer the fortuitous result of a happy chance.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • This was not the proportion that there should have been if the mortality had been fortuitous.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • Yet we find a few fortuitous circumstances that favored his evolution.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • There are difficulties as to minute modifications, even if not fortuitous.
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • So much for the external, fortuitous factor; its rôle is clear.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • To what a fortuitous concurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Wakefield » by Oliver Goldsmith
  • On the contrary, they are the richest, from one fortuitous circumstance.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • Private property is not a fortuitous creation, but a natural growth.
  • Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker

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