fortuitous
adjective
happening or produced by chance; accidental.
fortuitously
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a word derived from
fortuitous.
Example Sentences
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Some retailers and consumer goods companies are reducing prices with help from a big and fortuitously timed pot of money: tariff refunds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ohtani’s shoulder procedure was fortuitously to his non-throwing arm, and isn’t expected to have any “big-picture” impact on his ability to pitch next year, according to general manager Brandon Gomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
His approach leaked right and hit a spectator before fortuitously coming to rest a couple of yards off the edge of the green.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2024
Voraphaychith also included the Lao goddess Nang Kwak in the background of the Ghost Village label — fortuitously even before, he says, he learned she is the deity of rice.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
The shipping lane boundaries were marked by numbered buoys, and the hope was to stumble across one fortuitously so as to orient oneself.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
