Synonyms for adventitious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ad-vuh n-tish-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæd vənˈtɪʃ əs

Définition of adventitious

Origin : "of the nature of an addition from without," c.1600, from Medieval Latin adventitius "coming from abroad, extraneous," a corruption of Latin adventicius "foreign, strange, accidental," from advent- past participle stem of advenire "arrive" (see advent). Related: Adventitiously; adventitiousness.

adj from outside

Example sentences :

Wordsworth was determined to owe nothing to such an adventitious cause.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

There was no sting in their poverty; no adventitious misery belonging to it.
Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau

Formation of adventitious flowers and fruits within the ovary.
Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters

By Morren this production of adventitious spurs was called "Ceratomanie."
Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters

Not, indeed, that these depended on adventitious aids to remembrance.
Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook

Nevertheless the picture that tells a story calls in adventitious aid.
Extract from : « Beauty and the Beast » by Stewart A. McDowall

But it was not adventitious; it was the logical outcome of his status as god of growth.
Extract from : « Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt » by Lewis Spence

Let me make this experiment, with no adventitious help of patronage or introduction.
Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant

Now that we've settled that point, let's divide the adventitious circumstances.
Extract from : « The Long Chance » by Peter B. Kyne

The like affections, natural and adventitious, in all such things do happen.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

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