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act of God, chance (fortuity), happenstance
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fortuitousness — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte … English terms dictionary
Fortuitousness — Fortuitous For*tu i*tous, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte, adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See {Fortune}.] 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fortuitousness — noun see fortuitous … New Collegiate Dictionary
fortuitousness — See fortuitously. * * * … Universalium
fortuitousness — noun The quality of being fortuitous … Wiktionary
fortuitousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuity, fortune, hap, hazard, luck. See CERTAIN … English dictionary for students
fortuitousness — n. quality of being accidental, quality of occurring by chance … English contemporary dictionary
fortuitousness — for·tu·i·tous·ness … English syllables
fortuitousness — noun the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance • Derivationally related forms: ↑fortuitous • Hypernyms: ↑uncertainty, ↑uncertainness, ↑precariousness … Useful english dictionary
Contingentness — Con*tin gent*ness, n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
