fateful
adjective
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous.
fatefully
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a word derived from
fateful.
Example Sentences
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There’s the front door intercom panel, a pair of embossed leather club chairs and, fatefully, Mr Big’s Peloton water bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Her mother had fatefully decided at the last minute not to go to the service because she'd been tired, she told the BBC.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
Then it’s on to London, where Ono met the movers and shakers of Swinging Sixties counterculture — including, fatefully, Lennon, who came to see her show at a London gallery.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Rufus continued heavily, fatefully, gathering force with every word, as a loosened rock beginning to roll down a mountain side.
From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
