serendipitous
Americanadjective
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come upon or found by accident; fortuitous.
serendipitous scientific discoveries.
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serendipitous weather for our vacation.
Other Word Forms
- serendipitously adverb
Etymology
Origin of serendipitous
First recorded in 1940–45; serendipit(y) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.
It also meant personally designing a campus in Murray Hill where departments were spread apart, so that scientists and engineers would be forced to walk, mingle and engage in serendipitous conversations and debate ideas.
"This is a great example of a serendipitous discovery, something we didn't expect to find but that will give us a new window into understanding planet-star relationships," Bouma concluded.
From Science Daily
It was a “serendipitous” win for a constituency that had not quite consolidated, said Ann Tweedy, a professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law, who has studied polyamory from a legal perspective.
From Los Angeles Times
With no time to waste, I cherished every dining-hall dinner, picnic by the river, and serendipitous encounter.
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