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fortuitous

About 1.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Happening by fortune or chance; accidental, coincidental.
  2. adjective Happening by good fortune or success; fortunate, lucky.
  3. adjective Happening independently of human control; uncontrollable.

Similar words

fortunate uncaused unintended causeless casual accidental incidental occasional adventitious causal

Often followed by

circumstances and that circumstance event concourse events or combination

Word family

fortuitously fortuitousness fortuitousnesses

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