fortuitously
adverb
formaluk/fɔːˈtʃuː.ɪ.təs.li/us/fɔːrˈtuː.ə.t̬əs.li/in a way thathappensbychanceratherthan beingplanned, and is toyouradvantage:
This has come very fortuitously, when we most need it.
Fortuitously for him, thecompanydecidedtoemployhim.
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fortuitous
- Fortuitously, at that verymoment, theweddingcakearrived.
- Theredandbluebaseballcapfortuitouslymatchedthecoloursof hisclothes.
- a fortuitouslytimeddecision
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitousness
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- non-purposive
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething