fortuitous meeting

  • 1fortuitous — adjective 1) a fortuitous resemblance Syn: chance, adventitious, unexpected, unanticipated, unpredictable, unforeseen, unlooked for, serendipitous, casual, incidental, coincidental, random, accidental, inadvertent, unintentional, unintended …

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  • 2fortuitous — adjective formal happening by chance, especially in a way that has a good result: a fortuitous meeting fortuitously adverb …

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  • 3fortuitous — for|tu|i|tous [fo:ˈtju:ıtəs US fo:rˈtu: ] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: fortuitus, from fors chance, luck ] happening by chance, especially in a way that has a good result ▪ The meeting with Jack was fortuitous. >fortuitously… …

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  • 4felicitous, fortuitous, fortunate — Felicitous means well suited, apt, appropriate : The speaker s felicitous joke put the audience in a jovial mood. Fortuitous means accidental, produced by chance, lucky : Our meeting today on the street is fortuitous. A typical success story is… …

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  • 5Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella — Studio album by Nurse With Wound Released …

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  • 6accidental — adjective 1) an accidental meeting Syn: fortuitous, chance, adventitious, fluky, coincidental, casual, serendipitous, random; unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for, unintentional, unintended, inadvertent, unplanned …

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  • 7for|tu´i|tous|ness — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …

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  • 8for|tu´i|tous|ly — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …

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  • 9for|tu|i|tous — «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[< Latin fortuītus… …

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