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FORTUITOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring by happy chanceplay

Example:

profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)

Derivation:

fortuitousness (the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having no cause or apparent causeplay

Example:

we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times

Synonyms:

causeless; fortuitous; uncaused

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unintended (not deliberate)

Derivation:

fortuitousness (the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance)

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