fortuitous
adj.
by chance; occurring accidentally
fortuitous
Adjective
1. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
(synonym) causeless, uncaused
(similar) unintended
2. occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
(similar) fortunate
Fortuitous
(a.)
Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
(a.)
Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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fortuitous
adj.
اتفاقي, عارضي, ناگہاني, از غيبي
fortuitous
Synonyms and related words:
accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, aleatory, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, destinal, dicey, extra, fatal, fatidic, fluky, iffy, incidental, indeterminate, inessential, nonessential, odd, risky, secondary, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, uncaused, undetermined, unessential, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredictable
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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