serendipitously

[ser-uhn-dip-i-tuhs-lee]

adverb

1. by chance or accident.

   After weeks of looking for a wedding dress, I serendipitously ran into an old friend who owns a formalwear store.

2. it is fortunate that; luckily.

   Serendipitously we arrived in town when there was a lull in traffic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of serendipitously¹

serendipitous ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The blanks for his three-piece flatware set, Traynor tells me over the phone, are based on a set of Korean flatware he unearthed, piece-by-piece, serendipitously, from those terrifying thrift store cutlery bins.

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Late-life startups often begin serendipitously, bringing together people who have, through experience, reached similar conclusions.

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"When we are at a cafe, if I suddenly say it's time to go now, the kids know we immediately leave quietly, because I've spotted someone serendipitously recording us."

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It takes a lot of time to assemble so many artworks from so many different collections and museums, but the show launched serendipitously not quite a month after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.

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“What it means to mother. These roles spiritually and serendipitously come along to enable us to wrestle with that in a commercial atmosphere.”

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