Antonyms for fortuity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawr-too-i-tee, -tyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈtu ɪ ti, -ˈtyu-


Definition of fortuity

Origin :
  • 1747, from fortuitous + -ity.
  • noun chance
Example sentences :
  • It all rested on the fortuity of her getting five minutes alone with him.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • In the Bible there is no fortuity: a great secret was hidden here.
  • Extract from : « The Magic of the Middle Ages » by Viktor Rydberg
  • And in some cases consideration only increases the fortuity of its results.
  • Extract from : « The Mountebank » by William J. Locke
  • Indoors Kirkwood faced unhappily the enigma of fortuity, wondering: Was this by any possibility Number 9?
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The permanency and durability of books is largely a matter of relativity and fortuity.
  • Extract from : « The Reign of the Manuscript » by Perry Wayland Sinks
  • Let us change the situation then, but let us change it thoroughly, and so that its fortuity becomes powerless, and a law!
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • His succession to the throne was rather a fortuity than the result of hereditary claim.
  • Extract from : « An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 » by Mary Frances Cusack

Synonyms for fortuity

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