Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortuitously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: for-tu-itous-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.

adv

In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.

Example Sentences

"[…] For the genetic constitution of the individual may determine only a range of possible behaviour. The actual behaviour of each individual is fortuitously dependent on the total environment, and this latter can include the actual group. For example, the tendency of birds to refrain from mating may prevent the group from exhausting its food supply."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fortuītuslbor. English fortuitous Middle English -ly English -ly English fortuitously From fortuitous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more fortuitously (comparative) most fortuitously (superlative)

Synonyms

fortunately luckily as luck would have it

Questions

What does fortuitously mean?: In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
Where does fortuitously come from?: Etymology tree Latin fortuītuslbor. English fortuitous Middle English -ly English -ly English fortuitously From fortuitous + -ly.

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