🔤 Fortuitous (Adjective)
IPA: //fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs//
✨ Use fortuitous when good fortune arrives unexpectedly—like a pleasant surprise from fate.
🧠 Meaning
Happening by chance, often in a fortunate or beneficial way.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 It was fortuitous that they met at the café—they hadn’t seen each other in years.
🔹 The discovery of the rare manuscript was entirely fortuitous.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin fortuitus (“by chance”), from fors (“luck, chance”).
💡 Did You Know?
While many use fortuitous to mean “lucky,” it more accurately means “by chance”—which can be good or bad, though it’s often used positively.
🏷️ Related Words
#accidental
#serendipitous
#lucky
#coincidental
#chance
#unexpected
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