fortuity
Americannoun
plural
fortuities-
the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
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an accidental occurrence.
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an instance of great luck or good fortune.
noun
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a chance or accidental occurrence
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fortuitousness
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chance or accident
Etymology
Origin of fortuity
First recorded in 1740–50; fortuit(ous) + -y 3
Example Sentences
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He has managed those so far - but he would not have anticipated reaching the semi-finals with such a heavy reliance on fortuity.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Illinois turned once more to its ground game — with a dash of fortuity reminiscent of the Oakland Raiders’ infamous ‘Holy Roller’ play — to take its only lead of the game.
From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2021
In short, the scope of 1001 would be limited by the fortuity of the paperwork flow of the investigative agency.
From Slate • May 7, 2020
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2018
Indoors Kirkwood faced unhappily the enigma of fortuity, wondering: Was this by any possibility Number 9?
From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph
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