Antonyms for fortuitously

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : fawr-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu-

Definition of fortuitously

Origin : 1650s, from Latin fortuitus "happening by chance, casual, accidental," from forte "by chance," ablative of fors "chance" (related to fortuna; see fortune). It means "accidental, undesigned" not "fortunate." Earlier in this sense was fortuit (late 14c.), from French. Related: Fortuitously; fortuitousness.

As in accidentally : adj by chance
As in incidentally : adv by chance
As in luckily : adv happily
As in by chance : adv by accident
As in successfully : adv favorably
As in unexpectedly : adv by chance

Example sentences :

Could you describe what you saw from there as being what it is fortuitously?
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

But nature could not of herself have fortuitously produced this arrangement.
Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various

He waved a great hand and fortuitously caught a waiter by the arm.
Extract from : « Jaffery » by William J. Locke

The house is now divided into tenements; and, fortuitously, one of its rooms is used as a school for young children.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 487 » by Various

Not fortuitously, but by some mysterious necessity, does one vision follow another.
Extract from : « Pot-Boilers » by Clive Bell

The names of a subaltern and an airman, fortuitously selected, will live as live those of Herv Riel and Pheidipiddes.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

It seemed to him unquestionable that fortuitously he had been permitted to look upon one of the world's really great men.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

Things had changed considerably for him since the days when he had been fortuitously and almost indifferently made city treasurer.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

Nature had given the young planter a handsome presence; wealth and position had come to him as fortuitously.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Judge » by Vaughan Kester

This being the case, how could "He who is above Essence" be considered as being what He is fortuitously?
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

Synonyms for fortuitously

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