fatalistically
adverb
uk/ˌfeɪ.təlˈɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌfeɪ.t̬əlˈɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/in a way thatshowsthat youbelievethatpeoplecannotchangethe wayeventswillhappenand thatevents,especiallybadones, cannot beavoided:
We canviewthefuturefatalistically ortryto takecontrol.
Hesighedfatalistically.
See
fatalism
- Hisparentsseemedto fatalisticallyaccepteverything thathappenedto them.
- She is fatalisticallyresignedto herfuture.
- Many haveelectedtomoveabroad,othersarewaitingfatalistically in thecitytoseewhat willhappen.
Fate and destiny
- align
- break
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fated
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in the lap of the godsidiom
- jinxed
- lap
- lightning
- predestination
- predestined
- preordain
- providence
- providential
- sword of Damoclesidiom
- written in the starsidiom