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
- 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
- accidentally
- as a by-product
- as luck would have it
- as side effect
- auspiciously
- by a fluke
- by chance
- by coincidence
- by mistake
- by the bye
- by the way
- casually
- circumstantially
- favorably
- flourishingly
- for some reason
- fortuitously
- fortunately
- haphazardly
- in passing
- in related manner
- not by design
- obiter
- opportunely
- out of the clear blue sky
- parenthetically
- profitably
- propitiously
- prosperously
- providentially
- remotely
- strongly
- subordinately
- swimmingly
- thrivingly
- triumphantly
- unexpectedly
- unintentionally
- unwittingly
- victoriously
- well
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